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Article ID: 8024
Last update: 03-28-06
Issue:
Where are the mount options for the cifs filesystem available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 documented?
Resolution:

The mount options available for mounting Common Internet File System (CIFS) network filesystems are documented in the mount.cifs man page.

Like some other filesystems, the cifs kernel module uses a userspace "helper" mount utility named mount.cifs. This helper utility actually initiates the mount of a remote CIFS filesystem and causes the cifs kernel module to be loaded when a user issues a command such as:


# mount -t cifs //windows.example.com/myfileshare /mnt/here -o rw,username=me,domain=EXAMPLE,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755

The mount.cifs man page can be viewed or searched by typing the following command:


# man mount.cifs


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