samba - Jun 2002 - groupname gid with blank char in file /etc/fstab

Hi !

toto is a win2k domain user member of group 'Domain Users'.

I've added the following line to my /etc/fstab file for the win2k
share to be mounted at system boot:

//DERVER/SHARE       /mnt/smb        smbfs  
credentials=/home/toto/.smbpw,uid=toto,
gid='Domain users',fmask=664,dmask=775 0 0

But the mount command failed with error:
| [mntent]: line 9 in /etc/fstab is bad
| mount: can't find /mnt/smb in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

This because the groupname gid contains blank char, ' or ".
It wokfs fine if I replace 'Domain Users' wih 10000 (toto numeric
gid).

Any idea of how to use username/groupname uid/gid with blank char file
/etc/fstab ?

Thanks.

Sabrina

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On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, LAUTIER Sabrina wrote:
> This because the groupname gid contains blank char, ' or ".
> It wokfs fine if I replace 'Domain Users' wih 10000 (toto numeric
> gid).
> 
> Any idea of how to use username/groupname uid/gid with blank char file
> /etc/fstab ?
The problem lies in mount. You'll probably get better replies from the
mount maintainer or if you report it as a bug to the linux distribution
you use (eg https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/index.cgi)

That '' would work as an escape is unlikely. You could try \ but I
don't
think that will work either.

/Urban