[PATCH] doc: clarify that mount.cifs never uses smb.conf
Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.file-systems.cifs |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
It seems that for some users that are used to smbclient, it is not clear that mount.cifs never uses smb.conf for configuring client specific parameters. So, let's add this information to mount.cifs man page. Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> --- docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml index d0affea..32b2970 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ kernel log. the mounted resource is unmounted (usually via the umount utility). </para> + <para> + Some samba client tools like smbclient(8) honours client-side + configuration parameters present in smb.conf. Unlike those client tools, + <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> ignores smb.conf completely. + </para> + </refsect1> <refsect1>