HP CIFS Client A.02.01 Administrator's Guide

Commandline Utilities
cifsmount
Chapter 574
cifsmount
You can use the mount command to execute the cifsmount command.
Both commands are shown below.
Synopsis
cifsmount [<
options
>] //<
server
>/<
share
> <
mountpoint>
Description
The cifsmount command is used to mount remote shares on the local file
system. It mounts the share <share> from server <server> in the local file
system at <mountpoint>. The mountpoint must exist. You are prompted
for a password and the program uses the combination
username/password to log in to the server. If you are already logged in to
the given server, the password prompt is skipped. You can use the option
-N to suppress password prompting.
Only users with root capabilities can invoke the cifsmount command
to mount filesystems.
Options
-r Mounts as read-only filesystem.
-U <
username
>
Login on server as this user. By default, the HP CIFS
Client accesses the server under the same user name
as the login name of the user that issues the
cifsmount command. If you have a different 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.
-D <domain> Send this domain name to the CIFS server.
-P <
password
> Password given in commandline. Use this option only if
necessary, because all commandline parameters may
show up in the output of the ps command. It gives you