%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ cifs-utils The cifs-utils provides a means for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on a Linux system. &lfs84_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &cifsutils-md5sum; Download size: &cifsutils-size; Estimated disk space required: &cifsutils-buildsize; Estimated build time: &cifsutils-time; cifs-utils Dependencies Required Optional (required to build PAM module), , , , and libcap-ng or User Notes: Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: File systems ---> [*] Network File Systems ---> [CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS] <*/M> CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor) [CONFIG_CIFS] cifs-utils Install cifs-utils by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-pam \ --disable-systemd && make ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-pam && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install --disable-pam: Do not build PAM support. Remove it and use --with-pamdir (see below), if is installed and you wish PAM support. --disable-systemd: Disable systemd specific behavior for mount.cifs. Remove it for systems running with systemd. --with-pamdir=/lib/security: Install the PAM module in /lib/security. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directory getcifsacl, mount.cifs, setcifsacl, and smbinfo; optional: cifs.idmap, cifs.upcall and cifscreds /usr/lib/cifs-utils/idmapwb.so and optionally PAM module /lib/security/pam_cifscreds.so /usr/lib/cifs-utils Short Descriptions cifs.idmap 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. cifs.idmap cifs.upcall 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. cifs.upcall cifscreds is a tool for managing credentials (username and password) for the purpose of establishing sessions in multiuser mounts. cifscreds getcifsacl is a userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS). getcifsacl mount.cifs mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It is usually invoked indirectly by the mount(8) command when using the "-t cifs" option. mount.cifs setcifsacl is intended to alter an ACL of a security descriptor for a file system object. setcifsacl smbinfo displays SMB-specific file information, such as security descriptors and quotas. smbinfo