cifs-utils-6.1

Introduction to cifs-utils

The cifs-utils provides a means for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on a Linux system.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/cifs-utils-6.1.tar.bz2
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Download size: 388 KB
Estimated disk space required: 4.7 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:

File systems  --->
  Network File Systems  --->
    CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor): Y or M

Install cifs-utils by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Installed Programs: cifs.idmap, cifs.upcall, cifscreds, getcifsacl, mount.cifs, and setcifsacl

Installed Libraries: None

Installed Directories: None

cifs.idmap	is a userspace helper program for the linux CIFS client filesystem. There are a number of activities that the kernel cannot easily do itself. This program is a callout program that does these things for the kernel and then returns the result. It is not intended to be run from the command-line.
cifs.upcall	is a userspace helper program for the linux CIFS client filesystem. It is intended to be run when the kernel calls request-key for a particular key type. It is not intended to be run from the command-line.
cifscreds	is a tool for managing credentials (username and password) for the purpose of establishing sessions in multiuser mounts.
getcifsacl	is a userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS).
mount.cifs	mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It is usually invoked indirectly by the mount(8) command when using the "-t cifs" option.
setcifsacl	is intended to alter an ACL of a security descriptor for a file system object.

Last updated on 2013-08-31 15:39:51 -0700