From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 96395 invoked by alias); 2 Nov 2015 18:06:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 96382 invoked by uid 89); 2 Nov 2015 18:06:26 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_95,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mrvideo.vidiot.com Received: from 24-196-68-46.static.mdsn.wi.charter.com (HELO mrvideo.vidiot.com) (24.196.68.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:06:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mrvideo.vidiot.com) by mrvideo.vidiot.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtJUt-0003U8-Nr for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:06:23 -0600 Received: (from brown@localhost) by mrvideo.vidiot.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id tA2I6Nv2013399 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:06:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:06:00 -0000 From: Mike Brown To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Mounting a network share Message-ID: <20151102180623.GA13339@mrvideo.vidiot.com> References: <20151101210207.GA4736@mrvideo.vidiot.com> <1046348344.20151102044033@yandex.ru> <20151102160343.GC12487@mrvideo.vidiot.com> <20151102162651.GB9730@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151102162651.GB9730@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-SW-Source: 2015-11/txt/msg00044.txt.bz2 On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 05:26:51PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 2 10:03, Mike Brown wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 04:40:33AM +0300, Andrey Repin wrote: > > > If you want to do it from Cygwin side, use fstab and don't use /cygdrive > > > prefix. It is for automatic mounts ONLY. > > > > I went and found the Cygwin web page that describes fstab. What it doesn't > > say is how to use it. > > It does: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table What I mean is that I was able to create an entry, but I have no idea how to get the mount program to read the contents. > > I have the following entry: > > > > 192.168.1.40:/Public /Public nfs noacl 0 0 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This syntax isn't known in Windows. Use the same syntax as with SMB > shares, just use forward slashes: > > //192.168.1.40/Public /Public foo binary 0 0 > > "noacl" has no meaning on NFS shares, btw. No there no explantion on how to enter a user and password. I tried the nfs syntax because it doesn't require a password. MB -- e-mail: vidiot@vidiot.com | vidiot@vidiot.net /~\ The ASCII 6082066843@email.uscc.net (140 char limit) \ / Ribbon Campaign Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ X Against http://vidiot.net/ / \ HTML Email "What do you say Beckett. Wanna have a baby?" - Castle to Det. Beckett "How long have I been gone?" Alexis after seeing Castle and Beckett w/ baby - Castle - 11/25/13 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple