[lug] syntax of smbmount in my fstab

[Michael Deck]

At 09:48 AM 2/27/2003, you wrote:
>I have a problem with the syntax of one of my smbmounts in the fstab. Problem is I can't give the filesystem as a quoted statement for the purpose of spaces in the name.
>
>I can manually do it by 'smbmount "//Mill/mill c drive" /home/CNC/Mill/ -o username=cnc'.  But this in my fstab wont work:
>"//Mill/mill c drive"   /home/CNC/Mill  smb    username=cnc,password=cnc 0 0
>
>I know; change the name!  But then I'd have to redo all the maps for the other machines on the network and besides it's at a remote location.
>
>Thanks,
>-- 
>Warren Sanders
>http://MontanaLinux.Org

I haven't ever tried this, but would it work to escape the spaces, like 

//Mill/mill\ c\ drive   /home/CNC/Mill  smb    username=cnc,password=cnc 0 0

I've had to resort to this trick when modifying files created by Windoze. 



Michael Deck
Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.