First, you must install fileset bos.cifs_fs.rte, and optionally bos.cifs_fs.smit for the Smitty interface, from the installation DVD.<\/p>\n
To invoke the Smitty interface, run:<\/p>\n
root# smitty cifs_fs
The Smitty interface will enable you to do almost anything you need with the CIFS filesystem.<\/p>\n
For people aligned the command line way, mounting a share is a two-phase process. First, credentials must be added to the \/etc\/cifs_fs\/cifscred file. After that, you can mount a remote CIFS file system using the credentials specified. You could do the whole thing from the command line, but this is the preferred method in my opinion.<\/p>\n
SMBFS can store server\/user\/password credentials in the \/etc\/cifs_fs\/cifscred file to allow automatic retrieval of passwords when mounting SMBFS. Credentials can be added, changed, and removed from this file with the mkcifscred, chcifscred, and rmcifscred commands.<\/p>\n
To add a credential:<\/p>\n
root# mkcifscred -h To mount a file system:<\/p>\n root# mkdir -p \/mount\/point \/mount\/point:
root# mkcifsmnt -f \/mount\/point -h
That will add a new stanza to \/etc\/filesystems:<\/p>\n
dev =
vfs = cifs
nodename =
mount = false
options = wrkgrp=
account = false
Automatical mounting during startup can be specified with the -A option to mkcifsmnt. You can give your mounted share a different set of permissions and owners with the -u , -g