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

Commandline Utilities

mount_cifs, umount_cifs

Chapter 572

user name at the server, you may use this option to set

that name. It is ignored if you are already logged in at

the server.

password=passwd Password given in commandline. Use this option only

if you really have to, because all commandline

parameters may show up in the output of the ps

command. It makes it possible to pass a dynamically

generated password to the server. The password is

ignored if the user is already logged in at the server.

plaintxt Enable plain text passwords. The HP CIFS Client

refuses to send passwords in plain text to the server by

default because this is a security risk. There are tools

available that sniff the network for plain text

passwords. If you really must send the password in

plain text (e.g., because your server does not allow

password encryption), you can enable it with this

option. It is ignored if the user is already logged in at

the server.

forcemnt When this option is used, the mount is done even if the

server is not responding. No requests are sent to the

server. Consequently, none of the parameters can be

checked for validity.

Files

/etc/mnttab Table of mounted ﬁle systems.

/etc/fstab List of default parameters for each CIFS ﬁle system.