On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, andrew clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny ([email protected]) > 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. > > 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 "//u...@bios/My Documents" > /laptop > > or similar. > > Regards > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [email protected]" > windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
