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From: Jeff Layton <jlayton-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH] manpage: add some missing options to mount.cifs.8
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:57:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1310410636-17505-1-git-send-email-jlayton@samba.org> (raw)

Clarify servernetbiosname parameter name, add mention of ignorecase, and
add a section on noposixpaths.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
---
 mount.cifs.8 |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8
index 0615c3a..7e0f117 100644
--- a/mount.cifs.8
+++ b/mount.cifs.8
@@ -140,11 +140,16 @@ port=\fIarg\fR
 sets the port number on which the client will attempt to contact the CIFS server\&. If this value is specified, look for an existing connection with this port, and use that if one exists\&. If one doesn't exist, try to create a new connection on that port\&. If that connection fails, return an error\&. If this value isn't specified, look for an existing connection on port 445 or 139\&. If no such connection exists, try to connect on port 445 first and then port 139 if that fails\&. Return an error if both fail\&.
 .RE
 .PP
-servern=\fIarg\fR
+servernetbiosname=\fIarg\fR
 .RS 4
 Specify the server netbios name (RFC1001 name) to use when attempting to setup a session to the server\&. Although rarely needed for mounting to newer servers, this option is needed for mounting to some older servers (such as OS/2 or Windows 98 and Windows ME) since when connecting over port 139 they, unlike most newer servers, do not support a default server name\&. A server name can be up to 15 characters long and is usually uppercased\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+servern=\fIarg\fR
+.RS 4
+Synonym for \fIservernetbiosname\fR.
+.RE
+.PP
 netbiosname=\fIarg\fR
 .RS 4
 When mounting to servers via port 139, specifies the RFC1001 source name to use to represent the client netbios machine name when doing the RFC1001 netbios session initialize\&.
@@ -272,6 +277,11 @@ nocase
 Request case insensitive path name matching (case sensitive is the default if the server suports it)\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+ignorecase
+.RS 4
+Synonym for \fInocase\fR.
+.RE
+.PP
 sec=
 .RS 4
 Security mode\&. Allowed values are:
@@ -436,6 +446,20 @@ positive integer that can hold values between 0 and a maximum value of
 2^30 * HZ (frequency of timer interrupt) setting\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+noposixpaths
+.RS 4
+If unix extensions are enabled on a share, then the client will typically allow
+filenames to include any character besides '/' in a pathname component, and
+will use forward slashes as a pathname delimiter. This option prevents the
+client from attempting to negotiate the use of posix-style pathnames to the
+server.
+.RE
+.PP
+posixpaths
+.RS 4
+Inverse of \fInoposixpaths\fR.
+.RE
+.PP
 \-\-verbose
 .RS 4
 Print additional debugging information for the mount\&. Note that this parameter must be specified before the \-o\&. For example:
-- 
1.7.6

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