Clarify servernetbiosname parameter name, add mention of ignorecase, and add a section on noposixpaths. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> --- mount.cifs.8 | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8 index 0615c3a..7e0f117 100644 --- a/mount.cifs.8 +++ b/mount.cifs.8 @@ -140,11 +140,16 @@ port=\fIarg\fR sets the port number on which the client will attempt to contact the CIFS server\&. If this value is specified, look for an existing connection with this port, and use that if one exists\&. If one doesn't exist, try to create a new connection on that port\&. If that connection fails, return an error\&. If this value isn't specified, look for an existing connection on port 445 or 139\&. If no such connection exists, try to connect on port 445 first and then port 139 if that fails\&. Return an error if both fail\&. .RE .PP -servern=\fIarg\fR +servernetbiosname=\fIarg\fR .RS 4 Specify the server netbios name (RFC1001 name) to use when attempting to setup a session to the server\&. Although rarely needed for mounting to newer servers, this option is needed for mounting to some older servers (such as OS/2 or Windows 98 and Windows ME) since when connecting over port 139 they, unlike most newer servers, do not support a default server name\&. A server name can be up to 15 characters long and is usually uppercased\&. .RE .PP +servern=\fIarg\fR +.RS 4 +Synonym for \fIservernetbiosname\fR. +.RE +.PP netbiosname=\fIarg\fR .RS 4 When mounting to servers via port 139, specifies the RFC1001 source name to use to represent the client netbios machine name when doing the RFC1001 netbios session initialize\&. @@ -272,6 +277,11 @@ nocase Request case insensitive path name matching (case sensitive is the default if the server suports it)\&. .RE .PP +ignorecase +.RS 4 +Synonym for \fInocase\fR. +.RE +.PP sec= .RS 4 Security mode\&. Allowed values are: @@ -436,6 +446,20 @@ positive integer that can hold values between 0 and a maximum value of 2^30 * HZ (frequency of timer interrupt) setting\&. .RE .PP +noposixpaths +.RS 4 +If unix extensions are enabled on a share, then the client will typically allow +filenames to include any character besides '/' in a pathname component, and +will use forward slashes as a pathname delimiter. This option prevents the +client from attempting to negotiate the use of posix-style pathnames to the +server. +.RE +.PP +posixpaths +.RS 4 +Inverse of \fInoposixpaths\fR. +.RE +.PP \-\-verbose .RS 4 Print additional debugging information for the mount\&. Note that this parameter must be specified before the \-o\&. For example: -- 1.7.6 -- 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
