[deployment-guide/comm-rel: 479/727] modified Samba chapter
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 19 13:05:08 UTC 2010
commit beb3899710d9352244e49b33e35434a78b162b7f
Author: Martin Prpic <mprpic at redhat.com>
Date: Wed Aug 25 09:21:32 2010 +0200
modified Samba chapter
en-US/Samba.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Samba.xml b/en-US/Samba.xml
index 4d79106..26c3723 100644
--- a/en-US/Samba.xml
+++ b/en-US/Samba.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
class="registered">Windows</trademark>, Linux, UNIX, and other operating systems together, enabling access to Windows-based file and printer shares. Samba's use of <systemitem class="protocol">SMB</systemitem> allows it to appear as a Windows server to Windows clients.</para>
<note>
<title>Note: Installing the <package>samba</package> package</title>
- <para>In order to use Samba, first ensure the <package>samba</package> package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
+ <para>In order to use <application>Samba</application>, first ensure the <package>samba</package> package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
<screen>~]# <command>yum install samba</command></screen>
<para>For more information on installing packages with Yum, refer to <xref linkend="sec-Installing"/>.</para>
</note>
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@
<para>Sometimes it is useful to mount a Samba share to a directory so that the files in the directory can be treated as if they are part of the local file system.</para>
<para>To mount a Samba share to a directory, create a directory to mount it to (if it does not already exist), and execute the following command as root:</para>
<screen>
-<command>mount -t cifs -o <replaceable><username></replaceable>,<replaceable><password></replaceable> //<replaceable><servername></replaceable>/<replaceable><sharename></replaceable>
- <replaceable>/mnt/point/</replaceable>
+<command>mount -t cifs //<replaceable><servername></replaceable>/<replaceable><sharename></replaceable>
+ <replaceable>/mnt/point/</replaceable> -o username=<replaceable><username></replaceable>,password=<replaceable><password></replaceable>
</command>
</screen>
<!-- RHEL5: tech review: above replaces below
@@ -291,7 +291,17 @@
<screen>
<command>mount -t smbfs -o username=<replaceable><username></replaceable> //<replaceable><servername></replaceable>/<replaceable><sharename></replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt/point/</replaceable></command>
</screen> -->
- <para>This command mounts <replaceable><sharename></replaceable> from <replaceable><servername></replaceable> in the local directory <replaceable>/mnt/point/</replaceable>. For more information about mounting a samba share, refer to <command>man mount.cifs</command>.</para>
+ <para>This command mounts <replaceable><sharename></replaceable> from <replaceable><servername></replaceable> in the local directory <replaceable>/mnt/point/</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Note: Installing <package>cifs-utils</package> package</title>
+ <para>The <application>mount.cifs</application> utility is a separate RPM (independent from Samba). In order to use <application>mount.cifs</application>, first ensure the <package>cifs-utils</package> package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
+ <screen>~]# <command>yum install cifs-utils</command></screen>
+ <para>For more information on installing packages with Yum, refer to <xref linkend="sec-Installing"/>.</para>
+ </note>
+ <para>
+ For more information about mounting a samba share, refer to <command>man mount.cifs</command>.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
<!-- RHEL5: ddomingo at redhat.com: moved SAMBA config guide to here -->
@@ -2139,8 +2149,8 @@ Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
<para>
<filename>/usr/share/doc/samba-<<replaceable>version-number</replaceable>>/</filename> — All additional files included with the Samba distribution. This includes all helper scripts, sample configuration files, and documentation.</para>
<note>
- <title>Note: Installing the samba-doc package</title>
- <para>In order to the Samba documentation, first ensure the samba-doc package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
+ <title>Note: Installing the <package>samba-doc</package> package</title>
+ <para>In order to the <application>Samba</application> documentation, first ensure the <package>samba-doc</package> package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
<screen>~]# <command>yum install samba-doc</command></screen>
<para>For more information on installing packages with Yum, refer to <xref linkend="sec-Installing"/>.</para>
</note>
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