Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 15. Networking Programs

cifs-utils-6.8

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-8.3 platform.

Package Information

cifs-utils Dependencies

Required

Talloc-2.1.14

Optional

keyutils-1.5.10 (required to build PAM module), Linux-PAM-1.3.0, MIT Kerberos V5-1.16.1, Samba-4.8.4, and libcap-ng or libcap-2.25 with PAM

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cifsutils

Kernel Configuration

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

File systems  --->
  [*] Network File Systems  --->                                      [CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS]
    <*/M> CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor) [CONFIG_CIFS]

Installation of cifs-utils

Install cifs-utils by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --disable-pam \
            --disable-systemd &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-pam: Do not build PAM support. Remove it and use --with-pamdir (see below), if Linux-PAM-1.3.0 is installed and you wish PAM support.

--disable-systemd: Disable systemd specific behavior for mount.cifs. Remove it for systems running with systemd.

--with-pamdir=/lib/security: Install the PAM module in /lib/security.

Contents

Installed Programs: getcifsacl, mount.cifs and setcifsacl; optional: cifs.idmap, cifs.upcall and cifscreds
Installed Library: /usr/lib/cifs-utils/idmapwb.so and optionally PAM module /lib/security/pam_cifscreds.so
Installed Directory: /usr/lib/cifs-utils

Short Descriptions

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 2018-08-27 20:36:48 -0700