[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#454799: smbfs: 'man smbmount': '{service}' undefined.

[A. Costa]

Package: smbfs
Version: 3.0.27a-1
Severity: normal

What's the syntax of "{service}"?

    % man smbmount | grep -n service
    9:       smbmount {service} {mount-point} [-ooptions]

'man smbmount' should explain, but the SYNOPSIS has the only mention.
The man page refers readers to 'mount' and 'man smbmnt', but 
neither page includes that word:

    % man mount smbmnt | grep service ; echo $?
    1

A web search for the syntax, (for curious BTS users):

    {service} 
    
    //{server_name}/{samba_share_name}
     (share names are case sensitive)

    Examples: "//192.168.1.103/Knoppix", "//beagle.myhomenetwork.org/WinShare", etc.

    Full command line example (from Wikipedia):

	smbmount //server/share /localdir -o username=user,password=pass,uid=500,gid=500


Note:  while writing this report I upgraded to v3.0.27a-2, and the man page 
has changed:

	% man smbmount | grep -in service
	9:       mount.cifs {service} {mount-point} [-ooptions]
	250:          device files and fifos in a format compatible with Services for Unix

...but '{service}' remains undefined.


Hope this helps...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages smbfs depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.7-3              GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.40.2-1           common error description library
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap2              2.1.30.dfsg-13.5   OpenLDAP libraries
ii  netbase               4.30               Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  samba-common          3.0.27a-1          Samba common files used by both th

smbfs recommends no packages.

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