carmel_ny wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //u...@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: //u...@bios/My\ Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 May not work in fstab but you can try it and see. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
