Hi,
you might try writing your space character as an ascii escape sequence (\040).
bye,
Tom
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:43:22AM -0500, Matt Smith wrote:
> I am looking to make an entry in my fstab for an smb file share that has
> a space in the name.
>
> <snip one line from fstab>
>
> //Account@NBName/MY SHARE /mntpoint smbfs
> rw,noauto,-W=AccountDomain,-I=RealName.My.Domain.Edu 0 0
>
> </end snip>
>
> I have tried many variations on the share name using double-quotes,
> single-quotes, "\ ", with no success.
>
> >mount /mntpoint
> fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format
> fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format
> mount: /mntpoint: unknown special file or file system
>
> mount is parsing the fstab and using the space in the share name as a
> delimiter.
>
> Any ideas how I can make this entry in my fstab? Unfortunately,
> renaming my share is NOT an option.
>
> Thanks all,
> -Matt
>
>
> --
> Matt Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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