Might be better to check for /sbin/mount.cifs unless there are distros
put mount helpers in a different location
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Mike Pagano <mpagano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If a cifs mount is attempted without mount.cifs present on the
> system the following appears via dmesg:
>
> [ 25.949378] CIFS VFS: No username specified
>
> The purpose of this patch is to better inform the user of the
> possible cause of the error and show a potential solution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/cifs/connect.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> index 8813ff7..aa3249d 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> @@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ cifs_setup_volume_info(struct smb_vol *volume_info, char *mount_data,
> /* BB fixme parse for domain name here */
> cifs_dbg(FYI, "Username: %s\n", volume_info->username);
> } else {
> - cifs_dbg(VFS, "No username specified\n");
> + cifs_dbg(VFS, "No username specified. Check for missing external program mount.cifs\n");
> /* In userspace mount helper we can get user name from alternate
> locations such as env variables and files on disk */
> return -EINVAL;
> --
> 1.8.3.2
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Thanks,
Steve
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