From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Nov  3 20:02:06 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 8129C1065676
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  3 Nov 2009 20:02:06 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com)
Received: from smtp.mel.people.net.au (smtp.mel.people.net.au [218.214.17.98])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB9CE8FC12
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  3 Nov 2009 20:02:05 +0000 (UTC)
Received: (qmail 18411 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2009 19:56:20 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.phoenix) (218.215.150.139)
	by smtp.mel.people.net.au with SMTP; 3 Nov 2009 19:56:20 -0000
Received: by smtp.phoenix (Postfix, from userid 1001)
	id 942161765A; Wed,  4 Nov 2009 07:02:02 +1100 (EST)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:02:02 +1100
From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <20091103200202.GA20480@ozzmosis.com>
References: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)
Subject: Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:02:06 -0000

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