Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:02:02 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces Message-ID: <20091103200202.GA20480@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl>
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On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel_ny@hotmail.com) 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. A workaround may be to run mount_smbfs from /etc/crontab (or perhaps the root user's crontab), eg. @reboot /usr/sbin/mount_smbfs -N "//user@bios/My Documents" /laptop or similar. Regards Andrew
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