[linux-cifs-client] Re: Deep tree mounts without prefixpath

[Shirish S Pargaonkar]

linux-cifs-client-bounces+shirishp=us.ibm.com at lists.samba.org wrote on
01/30/2007 02:28:44 PM:

> In mount.cifs.c it needs to be modified to convert what the user typed:
>     mount -t cifs //server/share/directory  /mnt
> to the following (before passing to the mount api)
>     mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt -o prefixpath=directory
>
> For mounting e.g. to a (Windows in this case) server which exports e.g.
>     c:\export-dir as "share"
> in order to have the local path on the Linux client
>     /mnt
> refer to the server directory c:\export-dir\directory instead required
the
> addition of the prefixpath mount parm internally, but it is not as easy
> to type
> as simply extending the path after the share name part of the UNC name.
>
> The problem is that this takes away the ability to include a complex
> sharename (with slashes in the sharename)
> if a server would ever allow such syntax.  In my expirements Windows
> forbids '\' or '/' or '*" or "?" in
> share names, but Samba or other servers may be more flexible, and
> forcing mount.cifs.c to translate
> slashes in UNC names to prefix paths takes away the ability to add e.g.
> something similar to
> escape characters in share names in future servers.
>
> Does anyone think of an obvious solution - or does anyone think this is
> a problem?   Normally we could just
> prompt the user when there is a question about behavior of a tool
> between two choices but
> I don't think we should have mount.cifs prompt the user in this case.
>
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A related question about the behaviour, what sub-tree takes precedence?
One specified after share name or the one specified in prefixpath option.
I would think the one specified after the share name.
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