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/etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by Carmel NY
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I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to
a WinXP machine. //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. I did some Googling and discovered that I am not the only one annoyed by this behavior. I discovered this patch that had been submitted awhile ago. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2007-October/026469.html Changing the share name is not really an option. Is there some way of making this work in 'fstab'? I can use the name including spaces in 'mount_smbfs' so that is how I am currently mounting the share. It just seems strange that 'fstab' by not accepting the use of quoting is not in step with how FreeBSD usually operates. -- Carmel carmel_ny@... |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by Michael Powell-8
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carmel_ny wrote:
> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. > > I did some Googling and discovered that I am not the only one annoyed > by this behavior. I discovered this patch that had been submitted awhile > ago. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2007-October/026469.html > > Changing the share name is not really an option. Is there some way of > making this work in 'fstab'? I can use the name including spaces in > 'mount_smbfs' so that is how I am currently mounting the share. It just > seems strange that 'fstab' by not accepting the use of quoting is not in > step with how FreeBSD usually operates. > Don't know if this works for fstab, but the normal way to escape spaces is with a \, like this: //user@bios/My\ Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 May not work in fstab but you can try it and see. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by Jerry-107
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On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0500
Michael Powell <nightrecon@...> replied: >carmel_ny wrote: > >> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is >> to a WinXP machine. >> >> //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 >> >> It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device >> names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. >> >> I did some Googling and discovered that I am not the only one annoyed >> by this behavior. I discovered this patch that had been submitted >> awhile ago. >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2007-October/026469.html >> >> Changing the share name is not really an option. Is there some way of >> making this work in 'fstab'? I can use the name including spaces in >> 'mount_smbfs' so that is how I am currently mounting the share. It >> just seems strange that 'fstab' by not accepting the use of quoting >> is not in step with how FreeBSD usually operates. >> > >Don't know if this works for fstab, but the normal way to escape >spaces is with a \, like this: > >//user@bios/My\ Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > >May not work in fstab but you can try it and see. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't work either. -- Jerry gesbbb@... |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money. Sherlock Holmes _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by andrew clarke-3
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On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel_ny@...) wrote:
> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. A workaround may be to run mount_smbfs from /etc/crontab (or perhaps the root user's crontab), eg. @reboot /usr/sbin/mount_smbfs -N "//user@bios/My Documents" /laptop or similar. Regards Andrew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by Galactic_Dominator
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, andrew clarke <mail@...> wrote:
> On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel_ny@...) > wrote: > > > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > > a WinXP machine. > > > > //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. > > A workaround may be to run mount_smbfs from /etc/crontab (or perhaps > the root user's crontab), eg. > > @reboot /usr/sbin/mount_smbfs -N "//user@bios/My Documents" > /laptop > > or similar. > > Regards > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@... mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." > windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by andrew clarke-3
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On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More (amvandemore@...) wrote:
> windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think this option can be disabled in NTFS), however Windows SMB shares do not. "\\host\My Documents" is valid, but not "\\host\MYDOCU~1". _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces
by Galactic_Dominator
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:20 PM, andrew clarke <mail@...> wrote:
> On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More ( > amvandemore@...) wrote: > > > windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 > > Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think > this option can be disabled in NTFS), however Windows SMB shares do > not. > > "\\host\My Documents" is valid, but not "\\host\MYDOCU~1". > google also say use \040 in place of space -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@..." |
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