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

NAME
     mount_smbfs -- mount a shared resource from an SMB	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]
		 [-U username] [-W workgroup] [-c case]	[-d mode] [-f mode]
		 [-g gid] [-n opt] [-u uid]
		 //user@server[:port1[:port2]]/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 lo-
	     cale 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.  Default is 4.

     -T	timeout
	     Timeout in	seconds	for each request.  Default is 15.

     -U	username
	     Username to authenticate with.

     -W	workgroup
	     This option specifies the workgroup to be used in the authentica-
	     tion 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 directo-
	     ries.  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[:port1[:port2]]/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.	Optional port1 and port2 argu-
	     ments can be used to override default values of port numbers used
	     by	communication protocols.  For SMB over NetBIOS default value
	     for port1 are 139,	and port2 are 137.

     node    Path to mount point.

FILES
     ~/.nsmbrc	     Keeps user-specific static	parameters for connections and
		     other information.	 See
		     /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc for details.
     /etc/nsmb.conf  Keeps system-wide static parameters for connections and
		     other information.

EXAMPLES
     The following example illustrates 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

     It	is also	possible to use	fstab(5) for smbfs mounts (the example below
     does not prompt for a password):

	   //guest@samba/public	   /smb/public	   smbfs  rw,noauto,-N 0   0

SEE ALSO
     smbutil(1), nsmb.conf(5)

     Other resources:
     -	 Chapter dedicated to Samba configuration in the FreeBSD Handbook:
	 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-samba.html

STANDARDS
     mount_smbfs offers	support	for SMB/CIFS/SMB1.  It does not	support	newer
     versions of the protocol like SMB2	and SMB3.  SMB2	and SMB3 are supported
     by	software available in the ports(7) collection.

     The list of supported SMB servers includes:
     -	 Samba
     -	 Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4.0 (SPs 4, 5,	6)
     -	 IBM LanManager
     -	 NetApp

HISTORY
     SMB/CIFS protocol and SMB/CIFS file system	implementation first appeared
     in	FreeBSD	4.5.

AUTHORS
     Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>,	<bp@FreeBSD.org>

BUGS
     Please report bugs	to the author.

FreeBSD	13.0		       November	1, 2018			  FreeBSD 13.0

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