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Re: Mounting a network share


On Nov  2 10:03, Mike Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 04:40:33AM +0300, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > If you want to do it from Cygwin side, use fstab and don't use /cygdrive
> > prefix. It is for automatic mounts ONLY.
> 
> I went and found the Cygwin web page that describes fstab.  What it doesn't
> say is how to use it.

It does: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

> I have the following entry:
> 
> 192.168.1.40:/Public /Public nfs noacl 0 0
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This syntax isn't known in Windows.  Use the same syntax as with SMB
shares, just use forward slashes:

  //192.168.1.40/Public /Public foo binary 0 0

"noacl" has no meaning on NFS shares, btw. 


Corinna

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