Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / fs / cifs / README

diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index bf11329ac784a8757b31b92d19f66429c3967d27..c623e2f9c5dbab90e314c54133ea027ff6cbfe4d 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount.smbfs and
 similar files reside (usually /sbin).  Although the helper software is not  
 required, mount.cifs is recommended.  Eventually the Samba 3.0 utility program 
 "net" may also be helpful since it may someday provide easier mount syntax for
-users who are used to Windows e.g.  net use <mount point> <UNC name or cifs URL>
+users who are used to Windows e.g.
+       net use <mount point> <UNC name or cifs URL>
 Note that running the Winbind pam/nss module (logon service) on all of your
 Linux clients is useful in mapping Uids and Gids consistently across the
 domain to the proper network user.  The mount.cifs mount helper can be
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                the CIFS session.
   password     The user password.  If the mount helper is
                installed, the user will be prompted for password
-               if it is not supplied.
+               if not supplied.
   ip           The ip address of the target server
   unc          The target server Universal Network Name (export) to 
                mount.  
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                can be enabled by specifying file_mode and dir_mode on 
                the client.  Note that the mount.cifs helper must be
                at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying the uid
-               (or gid) in non-numberic form.
+               (or gid) in non-numeric form.
   gid          Set the default gid for inodes (similar to above).
   file_mode     If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
                this overrides the default mode for file inodes.
@@ -417,9 +418,10 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
   acl          Allow setfacl and getfacl to manage posix ACLs if server
                supports them.  (default)
   noacl        Do not allow setfacl and getfacl calls on this mount
-  user_xattr    Allow getting and setting user xattrs as OS/2 EAs (extended
-               attributes) to the server (default) e.g. via setfattr 
-               and getfattr utilities. 
+  user_xattr    Allow getting and setting user xattrs (those attributes whose
+               name begins with "user." or "os2.") as OS/2 EAs (extended
+               attributes) to the server.  This allows support of the
+               setfattr and getfattr utilities. (default)
   nouser_xattr  Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set/list xattrs 
   mapchars      Translate six of the seven reserved characters (not backslash)
                        *?<>|:
@@ -434,6 +436,7 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
  nomapchars     Do not translate any of these seven characters (default).
  nocase         Request case insensitive path name matching (case
                sensitive is the default if the server suports it).
+               (mount option "ignorecase" is identical to "nocase")
  posixpaths     If CIFS Unix extensions are supported, attempt to
                negotiate posix path name support which allows certain
                characters forbidden in typical CIFS filenames, without
@@ -485,6 +488,9 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                        ntlmv2i Use NTLMv2 password hashing with packet signing
                        lanman  (if configured in kernel config) use older
                                lanman hash
+hard           Retry file operations if server is not responding
+soft           Limit retries to unresponsive servers (usually only
+               one retry) before returning an error.  (default)
 
 The mount.cifs mount helper also accepts a few mount options before -o
 including:
@@ -535,8 +541,8 @@ SecurityFlags               Flags which control security negotiation and
                        must use NTLM                                   0x02002
                        may use NTLMv2                                  0x00004
                        must use NTLMv2                                 0x04004
-                       may use Kerberos security (not implemented yet) 0x00008
-                       must use Kerberos (not implemented yet)         0x08008
+                       may use Kerberos security                       0x00008
+                       must use Kerberos                               0x08008
                        may use lanman (weak) password hash             0x00010
                        must use lanman password hash                   0x10010
                        may use plaintext passwords                     0x00020
@@ -626,6 +632,6 @@ returned success.
        
 Also note that "cat /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData" will display information about 
 the active sessions and the shares that are mounted.
-Enabling Kerberos (extended security) works when CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL is enabled
-but requires a user space helper (from the Samba project). NTLM and NTLMv2 and
-LANMAN support do not require this helpr.
+Enabling Kerberos (extended security) works when CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL is
+on but requires a user space helper (from the Samba project). NTLM and NTLMv2 and
+LANMAN support do not require this helper.