HP CIFS Client A.01.09 Administrator's Guide, August 2003

Commandline Utilities

mount_cifs, umount_cifs

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-o keywrd[,keywrd...],keywrd=value[,keywrd=va

lue...]

Some keywords are speciﬁed as keyword/value pairs,

some are not. -o options must be delimited by

commas; no white space is allowed. For example:

-o ro,username=fulton,password=pokey

Following are the

-o

options to mount supported by

the CIFS Client (keywords that require values are

indicated by "keyword=value"):

nbname=nbname Set NetBios name of client. HP CIFS is based on

NetBios. NetBios requires that valid NetBios computer

names are supplied during the connection

establishment for the client and the server. The client

name is usually taken from the hostname of your

computer. If this does not work or if your computer’s

NetBios name is different, you may supply the value to

be used with this parameter. This parameter is ignored

if the server is already connected.

ipaddr=addr IP address of server. By default, the hostname of the

server is taken from the server speciﬁcation of the

share. This must also be the NetBios host name of the

server, if the server enforces correct NetBios names.

The HP CIFS Client uses DNS instead of NetBios to

resolve server names to IP addresses. If the DNS name

of the server is different from the NetBios name, you

may supply the DNS name or the server’s IP address

with this parameter. It is ignored if the server is

already connected.

port=port Set connection port. NetBios connections are usually

made on port 139. If you want to connect on a different

port, you can supply a decimal port number with this

parameter. This parameter is ignored if the server is

already connected.

ro Mount as read-only ﬁlesystem.

username=name Username sent to server. By default, the HP CIFS

Client accesses the server under the same user name

as the login name of the user. If you have a different