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| author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2009-01-09 11:22:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2009-01-28 09:40:00 +0100 |
| commit | 18ee7b60583529e5b3bf18d740545119f7b5a8a2 (patch) | |
| tree | 36e25fcf30dcd05ba3bd1fa5299580ead39c3ce2 /docs-xml | |
| parent | f7fb3a6efaecce830d62c0f0250a8283fae76911 (diff) | |
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docs: Improve man mount.cifs.
Add hint about specifying the workgroup in the credentials file.
Whitespace cleanup.
This fixes bug #4541.
Patch based on proposed patch from Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>.
Thanks for reporting and providing a patch!
Karolin
(cherry picked from commit 1f7e09ea542df3a2f5f553c0cb11a39c74712950)
(cherry picked from commit b99d98ff2ef5491979301656e7f516d3c8829f6e)
(cherry picked from commit 1900233ede3083410eb3dc691d2d486c5340ccc4)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml index 51a22b38794..54fbc139b4c 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ to be specified as part of the username. <listitem><para>specifies the CIFS password. If this option is not given then the environment variable -<emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> is used. If the password is not specified +<emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> is used. If the password is not specified directly or indirectly via an argument to mount, <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> will prompt for a password, unless the guest option is specified. </para> @@ -106,14 +106,16 @@ below) or entered at the password prompt will be read correctly. <listitem><para> specifies a file that contains a username - and/or password. The format of the file is: + and/or password and optionally the name of the + workgroup. The format of the file is: </para> <programlisting> username=<replaceable>value</replaceable> password=<replaceable>value</replaceable> + workgroup=<replaceable>value</replaceable> </programlisting> - + <para> This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a shared file, such as <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Be sure to protect any |