built-in samba mount

[Roland Smith]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:43:01PM +0300, EforeZZ wrote:
> > > I'm able to mount only //pc/share (not //pc/share/folder) and I do not
> > have
> > > read access to read contents of "//pc/share" and FreeBSD does not let me
> > to
> > > change the directory to "//pc/share/folder".
> > > Windows allows to mount //pc/share/folder and I have no access problems
> > in
> > > Windows.
> > > Is there any solution for FreeBSD?
> >
> > Read the mount_smbfs manual page (with the command 'man mount_smbfs'). A
> > quick look tells us that you'll need to use //user at pc/share/folder
> > instead of //pc/share/folder. Other options allow you to configure
> > access rights and owner/group attributes.
> >
> 
> I do use //user at pc/share/folder for mounting but I get //user at pc/share
> mounted instead of //user at pc/share/folder.
> It seems that the "/folder" part is ignored.

Generally, you can mount a filesystem, but not just a subdirectory. You
might be able to mount the share somewhere and then use mount_nullfs to
mount the subdirectory you want somewhere else. See mount_nullfs(8).

Roland
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