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.TH smbfs 7FS "9 Sep 2009" "SunOS 5.11" "File Systems"
.SH NAME
smbfs \- CIFS/SMB file system
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBsmbfs\fR file system allows you to mount CIFS shares that are exported
from Windows or compatible systems. SMB is the historical name for the CIFS
protocol, which stands for Server Message Block and is more commonly used in
technical contexts.
.sp
.LP
The \fBsmbfs\fR file system permits ordinary UNIX applications to change
directory into an \fBsmbfs\fR mount and perform simple file and directory
operations. Supported operations include \fBopen\fR, \fBclose\fR, \fBread\fR,
\fBwrite\fR, \fBrename\fR, \fBdelete\fR, \fBmkdir\fR, \fBrmdir\fR and \fBls\fR.
.SS "Limitations"
.sp
.LP
Some local UNIX file systems (for example UFS) have features that are not
supported by \fBsmbfs\fR. These include:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
No mapped-file access because \fBmmap\fR(2) returns \fBENOSYS\fR.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Locking is \fBlocal only\fR and is not sent to the server.
.RE
.sp
.LP
The following are limitations in the CIFS protocol:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBunlink()\fR or \fBrename()\fR of open files returns \fBEBUSY\fR.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBrename()\fR of extended attribute files returns \fBEINVAL\fR.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Creation of files with any of the following illegal characters returns
\fBEINVAL\fR: colon (\fB:\fR), backslash (\fB\\\fR), slash (\fB/\fR), asterisk
(\fB*\fR), question mark (\fB?\fR), double quote (\fB"\fR), less than
(\fB<\fR), greater than (\fB>\fR), and vertical bar (\fB|\fR).
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBchmod\fR and \fBchown\fR settings are silently discarded.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Links are not supported.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
Symbolic links are not supported.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBmknod\fR is not supported. (Only file and directory objects are supported.)
.RE
.sp
.LP
The current \fBsmbfs\fR implementation does not support multi-user mounts.
Instead, each Unix user needs to make their own private mount points.
.sp
.LP
Currently, all access through an \fBsmbfs\fR mount point uses the Windows
credentials established by the user that ran the \fBmount\fR command. Normally,
permissions on \fBsmbfs\fR mount points should be \fB0700\fR to prevent Unix
users from using each others' Windows credentials. See the \fBdirperms\fR
option to \fBmount_smbfs\fR(1M) for details regarding how to control
\fBsmbfs\fR mount point permissions.
.sp
.LP
An important implication of this limitation is that system-wide mounts, such as
those made using \fB/etc/vfstab\fR or automount maps are only useful in cases
where access control is not a concern, such as for public read-only resources.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.39i) |cw(3.11i) 
lw(2.39i) |lw(3.11i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityUncommitted
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBsmbutil\fR(1), \fBmount_smbfs\fR(1M), \fBnsmbrc\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5)