Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces Message-ID: <hcpo9s$m2e$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl>
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carmel_ny wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. > > I did some Googling and discovered that I am not the only one annoyed > by this behavior. I discovered this patch that had been submitted awhile > ago. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2007-October/026469.html > > Changing the share name is not really an option. Is there some way of > making this work in 'fstab'? I can use the name including spaces in > 'mount_smbfs' so that is how I am currently mounting the share. It just > seems strange that 'fstab' by not accepting the use of quoting is not in > step with how FreeBSD usually operates. > Don't know if this works for fstab, but the normal way to escape spaces is with a \, like this: //user@bios/My\ Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 May not work in fstab but you can try it and see. -Mike
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