From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 3 18:00:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7CE106566C for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B65AB8FC17 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 7090 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2009 18:00:06 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=o38u7uNBX8Z9hVL4o1xCOIzpZ31xv30mGkM2eS8ZPQNL3Oh7nIp1nvy0u26u27dWwi3TtO+34kVmd5CQiZaw5b6ODJbV5cDzLl34ZuHJuzYN4ZdG5bgvI2I0aTqQYFN8mBVpy5RFiYiVVk61Zw4+bh39j5If+M/tPlb25f8NpUM= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Nov 2009 10:00:06 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: 9kQkz74VM1lbkcda9MJ2j0xrgK9VHSAFMELNJBtsUqfSIo_Tv47K.BG_UyhenKAx.46wl_1eT7rY_hLG3fZgo1mycNbxcvnXGcUGaxDmJYXNw6T77StoTHh0EAS4721E3Z2LsjDPt5LRQZ.ozh3mjUeP_9GFU4BS3V6bulf5hW3iicd6w29DiKQiVnchsrZXiCsO54zYtmdLGzfyREsCosAa_VKqA0_AYyzJGs_.NBPyF0p2X.wkITThY.i29PBNRbmwSDdoBeX6_O2NLQ7fZ21EFuI.obtb5kKzreLAffF3OhzVbbr6LyPjEGFFv0ZmOBNS.ecR3.DQXMFd7mzVjNwGRVZXBe_m3LrUeP9_RMmUFuTBwKZM8K_7VKv0qbNKS8mxl.hJOZuBjD37BktipaidRW3f.sOFsxzZun_oeZqsReSiA3Y0Rm_pgQcY8KEZIDSPrO8PV4uI06eMHQvhPCwJGk.MBTLPijZpubHwt.PPANC0.1HYlNi6rDH3aWCR4xjdGkXMcjeEXC5SpO4x9N61B2KPAGBpRajePXniOE.T_PQCi45C7Jds4a0wgp0xWSs7ycpSeVc5gSbYZQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0365D228D6 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:00:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:00:05 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091103130005.5ea3f832@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEX+/v7++v6YOTrq8PCcuIX989UvOSj++v0BNCbpAAAAB3RJTUUHsQwfFzs7RBhzUQAAAhJJREFUOI1dU8GOqzAMNKIoV1bvwD1i0ysqrHplIdBrVSX7ATSbd03VVvn9tQNtQy0hjAdn7LED4AAcPtWm9RV+MPSfxhBLx9ajd6X/ngB6/mTwnRSZua7i7Ca+0ctZKo4Qmz+JY13X6I3nFZBxIYW1PbgfQ5RP8g0XlltEWGf3cV03joYpRnFbvYDKbXjZlXyyhEZA4lI+cN3NaVXE4VKjSwTExO10eTEkkJVqIAD5z0nUBQJluQDRSQjcrBiHAJxZlAH5CUMBMC7OcJ4LMQNnxhZ1HYPscMc6J4UlWRMNwzOpCcAHKSICd1EDn83abdREIbXsHkD1OinP1aCUCOEVRaa1lMcvywUWdYgk13JQUpYNKmvXQ8Kw5ML9YI5h8SakctBc7E/IYuLhYd/zZIk+1gM1vNweQBvHE0j+oYah3sMqAytQYlZk6+ANaaawJdu3OFzYGMZ3iGpa3qMlq9ZH0VZTgrCtw/ngdYkEIIpSbP1bWQAdFdX9vocBdkH2qVjVmuMu3gI5rjs814EUdrCZgWlPaxZZ3RiLFUtr+ud0PXwp2dnQSNXgePt6AZpBj6UMJ7VQkzN4utVeaSW1Dhn/kblGrKeMvNGnzwX4zuEDarYz1KdPtR60Gul0Gued+515SJXhCsl+Tx/3kY/UDvicPll9mfu50t3tvQ/thZpJYgeuwdSKNJ6tCD98MCgoxLDaPxbwqqwPWaWiAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:08 -0000 On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0500 Michael Powell replied: >carmel_ny wrote: > >> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is >> to a WinXP machine. >> >> //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 >> >> It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device >> names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. >> >> I did some Googling and discovered that I am not the only one annoyed >> by this behavior. I discovered this patch that had been submitted >> awhile ago. >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2007-October/026469.html >> >> Changing the share name is not really an option. Is there some way of >> making this work in 'fstab'? I can use the name including spaces in >> 'mount_smbfs' so that is how I am currently mounting the share. It >> just seems strange that 'fstab' by not accepting the use of quoting >> is not in step with how FreeBSD usually operates. >> > >Don't know if this works for fstab, but the normal way to escape >spaces is with a \, like this: > >//user@bios/My\ Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > >May not work in fstab but you can try it and see. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't work either. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money. Sherlock Holmes