On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When using multi-homed machines, it's nice to be able to specify > the local IP to use for outbound connections. This patch gives > cifs the ability to bind to a particular IP address. > > Usage: mount -t cifs -o bindaddr=192.168.1.50,user=foo, ... Seems like a reasonable idea, but I have a few questions. Is there a similar named mount option for other network file systems on other operating systems? Also don't IPv6 address strings already allow you to specify the local interface to use? -- Thanks, Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
