<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> %general-entities; <!ENTITY cifsutils-download-http "https://www.samba.org/ftp/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/cifs-utils-&cifsutils-version;.tar.bz2"> <!ENTITY cifsutils-download-ftp " "> <!ENTITY cifsutils-md5sum "af3ae1d27aca624c4daac5bf3eb0d4c1"> <!ENTITY cifsutils-size "356 KB"> <!ENTITY cifsutils-buildsize "3.1 MB"> <!ENTITY cifsutils-time "less than 0.1 SBU"> ]> <sect1 id="cifsutils" xreflabel="cifs-utils-&cifsutils-version;"> <?dbhtml filename="cifsutils.html"?> <sect1info> <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername> <date>$Date$</date> </sect1info> <title>cifs-utils-&cifsutils-version;</title> <indexterm zone="cifsutils"> <primary sortas="a-cifsutils">cifs-utils</primary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title>Introduction to cifs-utils</title> <para>The <application>cifs-utils</application> provides a means for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on a Linux system.</para> &lfs81_checked; <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead> <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> <listitem> <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cifsutils-download-http;"/></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cifsutils-download-ftp;"/></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Download MD5 sum: &cifsutils-md5sum;</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Download size: &cifsutils-size;</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Estimated disk space required: &cifsutils-buildsize;</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Estimated build time: &cifsutils-time;</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cifs-utils Dependencies</bridgehead> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead> <para role="required"> <xref linkend="talloc"/> </para> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> <para role="optional"> <xref linkend="keyutils"/> (required to build PAM module), <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>, <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, <xref linkend="samba"/>, and <ulink url="http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/">libcap-ng</ulink> or <xref linkend="libcap-pam"/> </para> <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cifsutils"/></para> </sect2> <sect2 role="kernel" id="cifsutils-kernel"> <title>Kernel Configuration</title> <para> Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: </para> <screen><literal>File systems ---> [*] Network File Systems ---> [CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS] <*/M> CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor) [CONFIG_CIFS]</literal></screen> <indexterm zone="cifsutils cifsutils-kernel"> <primary sortas="d-cifsutils">cifs-utils</primary> </indexterm> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of cifs-utils</title> <para>Install <application>cifs-utils</application> by running the following commands:</para> <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>autoreconf -fiv && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-pam \ --disable-systemd && make</userinput></screen> <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>autoreconf -fiv && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-pam && make</userinput></screen> <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 role="commands"> <title>Command Explanations</title> <para><parameter>--disable-pam</parameter>: Do not build PAM support. Remove it and use <option>--with-pamdir</option> (see below), if <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> is installed and you wish PAM support.</para> <para revision="sysv"><parameter>--disable-systemd</parameter>: Disable systemd specific behavior for <command>mount.cifs</command>. Remove it for systems running with systemd.</para> <para><option>--with-pamdir=/lib/security</option>: Install the PAM module in <filename class="directory">/lib/security</filename>.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="content"> <title>Contents</title> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle> <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle> <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg> getcifsacl, mount.cifs and setcifsacl; optional: cifs.idmap, cifs.upcall and cifscreds</seg> <seg>/usr/lib/cifs-utils/idmapwb.so and optionally PAM module /lib/security/pam_cifscreds.so</seg> <seg>/usr/lib/cifs-utils</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <variablelist> <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> <varlistentry id="cifs.idmap"> <term><command>cifs.idmap</command></term> <listitem> <para>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.</para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils cifs.idmap"> <primary sortas="b-cifs.idmap">cifs.idmap</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="cifs.upcall"> <term><command>cifs.upcall</command></term> <listitem> <para>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.</para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils cifs.upcall"> <primary sortas="b-cifs.upcall">cifs.upcall</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="cifscreds"> <term><command>cifscreds</command></term> <listitem> <para>is a tool for managing credentials (username and password) for the purpose of establishing sessions in multiuser mounts.</para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils cifscreds"> <primary sortas="b-cifscreds">cifscreds</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="getcifsacl"> <term><command>getcifsacl</command></term> <listitem> <para>is a userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS).</para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils getcifsacl"> <primary sortas="b-getcifsacl">getcifsacl</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="mount.cifs"> <term><command>mount.cifs</command></term> <listitem> <para>mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It is usually invoked indirectly by the mount(8) command when using the "-t cifs" option. </para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils mount.cifs"> <primary sortas="b-mount.cifs">mount.cifs</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="setcifsacl"> <term><command>setcifsacl</command></term> <listitem> <para>is intended to alter an ACL of a security descriptor for a file system object.</para> <indexterm zone="cifsutils setcifsacl"> <primary sortas="b-setcifsacl">setcifsacl</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1>