[lug] syntax of smbmount in my fstab

[Nick Golder]

On 03-02-27 10:34 -0700, the infamous Warren Sanders uttered:
> Nick Golder wrote:
> >On 03-02-27 09:48 -0700, the infamous Warren Sanders uttered:
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Create a second share to the same target with a syntactically friendly
> >name.  This will preserve your existant maps and allow for correct
> >future maps. 
> >
> Except I left out the fact that the source box is a windows 98.  I don't 
> think fat can do multiple shares.  But that would have been a good try.
> 

What about escaping spaces?
//Mill/mill \c \drive

Could you invoke a mount via script during init with smbclient?  A
little crude but would work just as well (unless boot files are stored
on \\Mill).

-- 
-Nick Golder
http://www.hiveportal.net