Greetings, Mike Brown! >> > > If you want to do it from Cygwin side, use fstab and don't use /cygdrive >> > > prefix. It is for automatic mounts ONLY. >> > >> > I went and found the Cygwin web page that describes fstab. What it doesn't >> > say is how to use it. >> >> It does: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
> What I mean is that I was able to create an entry, but I have no idea how to > get the mount program to read the contents. Cygwin's fstab only accepts 'bind mounts' (in *NIX terms). The article Corinna mentioned clearly explains that. Another difference from *NIX is that it is read and interpreted by Cygwin core (cygwin1.dll) when a new process tree starts. >> > I have the following entry: >> > >> > 192.168.1.40:/Public /Public nfs noacl 0 0 >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> This syntax isn't known in Windows. Use the same syntax as with SMB >> shares, just use forward slashes: >> >> //192.168.1.40/Public /Public foo binary 0 0 >> >> "noacl" has no meaning on NFS shares, btw. > No there no explantion on how to enter a user and password. Because there's no such place. The resource must be available to the user. Before we continue this discussion, I suggest to re-read the two paragraphs on the cygwin.com main page. What Cygwin is and it is not. You expect kernel OS functionality from a userland application. That's not how Cygwin works. Cygwin leverages the operating system functionality to create a level field for porting applications to Windows. And to your 'net use' issues, 'net help use' should have been your first stop. Yes, you can just call 'net use <resource>' without specifying the name to simply authenticate yourself with the resource. Mind you, specifying a password in command line is always a bad idea. You never know, where that password would be stored or displayed in between terminal and the called application. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, November 2, 2015 22:33:09 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
