* Daniel D (Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:52:35 -0700) > > Is ~ allowed on a smb share name when mounting it? I keep getting errors > while trying to mount //server/~foo via fstab. > > If yes, can someone give me some tips for what to do to mount a share named > \\server\~foo ? > [...] > It looks like mount command does not like ~ in the smb share name, though it > is fine with ~ in the the mount point name.
That's a shell issue not a mount issue. ~foo refers to the home directory of user foo. Either escape the ~ or quote the argument containing the ~. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple