MOUNT_SMBFS(8) | System Manager's Manual | MOUNT_SMBFS(8)

# NAME

`mount_smbfs` —
mount a shared resource from an SMB/CIFS file server

# SYNOPSIS

`mount_smbfs` | [`-E` cs1:cs2] [`-I` host] [`-L` locale] [`-M` crights:srights] [`-N`] [`-O` cowner:cgroup/sowner:sgroup] [`-R` retrycount] [`-T` timeout] [`-W` workgroup] [`-c` case] [`-d` mode] [`-f` mode] [`-g` gid] [`-n` opt] [`-u` uid] // user@ server/ share node

# DESCRIPTION

The `mount_smbfs` command mounts a share from a remote server using SMB/CIFS protocol.

The options are as follows:

`-E` cs1:cs2
  Specifies local (cs1) and server's (cs2) character sets.
`-I` host
  Do not use NetBIOS name resolver and connect directly to host, which can be either a valid DNS name or an IP address.
`-L` locale
  Use locale for lower/upper case conversion routines. Set the locale for case conversion. By default, `mount_smbfs` tries to use an environment variable `LC_*` to determine it.
`-M` crights:srights
  Assign access rights to the newly created connection.
`-N`
  Do not ask for a password. At run time, `mount_smbfs` reads the ~/.nsmbrc file for additional configuration parameters and a password. If no password is found, `mount_smbfs` prompts for it.
`-O` cowner:cgroup/sowner:sgroup
  Assign owner/group attributes to the newly created connection.
`-R` retrycount
  How many retries should be done before the SMB requester decides to drop the connection.
`-T` timeout
  Timeout in seconds for each request.
`-W` workgroup
  This option specifies the workgroup to be used in the authentication request.
`-c` case
  Set a case option which affects name representation. case can be one of the following:
  Value
    Meaning
  `l`
    All existing file names are converted to lower case. Newly created file gets a lower case.
  `u`
    All existing file names are converted to upper case. Newly created file gets an upper case.
`-f` mode, `-d` mode
  Specify permissions that should be assigned to files and directories. The values must be specified as octal numbers. Default value for the file mode is taken from mount point, default value for the directory mode adds execute permission where the file mode gives read permission.

  Note that these permissions can differ from the rights granted by SMB server.

`-u` uid, `-g` gid
  User ID and group ID assigned to files. The default are owner and group IDs from the directory where the volume is mounted.
//user@server/share
  The `mount_smbfs` command will use server as the NetBIOS name of remote computer, user as the remote user name and share as the resource name on a remote server. If your connections are refused, try using the `-I` option and use a server name of ‘*SMBSERVER’.
node
  Path to mount point.

# FILES

/etc/nsmb.conf
  System wide parameters for smbfs mounts.
~/.nsmbrc
  Keeps static parameters for connections and other information. See /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc for details.

# EXAMPLES

The following example illustrate how to connect to SMB server SAMBA as user GUEST, and mount shares PUBLIC and TMP:

    mount_smbfs -I samba.mydomain.com //guest@samba/public /smb/public
    mount_smbfs -I 192.168.20.3 -E koi8-r:cp866 //guest@samba/tmp /smb/tmp

If you keep on getting "Connection reset by peer" errors, try:

    mount_smbfs -N -I 10.0.0.4 //'*SMBSERVER'/tmp /smb/tmp

It is possible to use fstab(5) for smbfs mounts:

`//guest@samba/public /smb/public smbfs rw,noauto 0 0`

# SEE ALSO

smbutil(1), mount(8)

# HISTORY

Support for SMBFS first appeared in FreeBSD 4.4. It has been ported to NetBSD and first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.

# AUTHORS

Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, ⟨bp@FreeBSD.org⟩. NetBSD port done by
Matt Debergalis ⟨deberg@NetBSD.org⟩, and
Jaromir Dolecek ⟨jdolecek@NetBSD.org⟩.

# BUGS

The `-E` option works only if you mount with rump_smbfs(8) instead of `mount_smbfs`.

The `-c` option is not implemented yet. It is silently ignored for now.

November 17, 2014 | NetBSD 9.3