Date: 08 Jan 2003 12:32:05 -0500 From: Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com> To: Thomas Spreng <spreng@socket.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entering smbfs shares with spaces in name in fstab Message-ID: <1042047124.576.11.camel@d80h149.public.uconn.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030108161521.GA99872@rock.stable.ch> References: <1042037002.72844.6.camel@d80h149.public.uconn.edu> <20030108161521.GA99872@rock.stable.ch>
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On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 11:15, Thomas Spreng wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:43:22AM -0500, Matt Smith wrote: > > I am looking to make an entry in my fstab for an smb file share that has > > a space in the name. > > > > <snip one line from fstab> > > > > //Account@NBName/MY SHARE /mntpoint smbfs > > rw,noauto,-W=AccountDomain,-I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu 0 0 > > > > </end snip> > > > > I have tried many variations on the share name using double-quotes, > > single-quotes, "\ ", with no success. > > > > >mount /mntpoint > > fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format > > fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format > > mount: /mntpoint: unknown special file or file system > > > > mount is parsing the fstab and using the space in the share name as a > > delimiter. > > > > Any ideas how I can make this entry in my fstab? Unfortunately, > > renaming my share is NOT an option. > > > > Thanks all, > > -Matt > > > > > > -- > > Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi, > > you might try writing your space character as an ascii escape sequence (\040). > > bye, > Tom > > > Tom -- thanks for the reply. I found the same info on google, but it was from Linux sites. Ufn, no luck -- now I get: smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = No such file or directory To use the ascii escape sequence, do I need anything more than: Account@NBName/MY\040SHARE /mntpoint smbfs rw,noauto,-W=AccountDomain,-I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu 0 0 Even the following fails from a command line: #>mount -tsmbfs -o -I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu,-W=AccountDomain //Account@NBName/MY\040SHARE mntpoint/ This show a little more info (note the -d -v): #>mount -tsmbfs -d -v -o -I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu,-W=AccountDomain //Account@NBName/MY\040SHARE mntpoint/ Which returns: >exec: mount -tsmbfs -d -v -o -I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu,-W=AccountDomain //Account@NBName/MY040SHARE mntpoint/ Which seems to mean that \040 resolves to simply 040. The following works (using "\ ") from a command line: #>mount -tsmbfs -o -I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu,-W=AccountDomain //Account@NBName/MY\ SHARE mntpoint/ But "\ " does NOT work in the fstab file. Any other ideas, anyone? -Matt -- Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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