>From 2bb79a750dfc71d1c10ffc55654755be280fc2b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:09:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording for SMB support * doc/misc/tramp.texi (External methods): Improve and modernize wording for discussion of smbclient. There is no longer any need to mention the laundry list of old MS Windows implementations of SMB and CIFS, nor to mention CIFS. Also, give a URL for Samba. --- doc/misc/tramp.texi | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index 14cd7fc..7bf2e53 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -851,11 +851,9 @@ External methods @cindex method smb @cindex smb method -This is another non-native @value{tramp} method. @command{smbclient} -connects to any server supporting the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as MS Windows and -Samba running on GNU/Linux. Tests show this @value{tramp} method -works with MS Windows NT, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows XP, MS Windows -Vista, and MS Windows 7. +This non-native @value{tramp} method connects via the Server Message +Block (SMB) networking protocol to hosts running file servers that are +typically based on @url{https://www.samba.org/,,Samba} or MS Windows. Using @command{smbclient} requires a few tweaks when working with @value{tramp}: @@ -863,7 +861,7 @@ External methods The first directory in the localname must be a share name on the remote host. -Since smb shares end in the @code{$} character, @value{tramp} must use +Since SMB shares end in the @code{$} character, @value{tramp} must use @code{$$} when specifying those shares to avoid environment variable substitutions. @@ -907,7 +905,7 @@ External methods behavior is unlike other @value{tramp} methods, where local user name is substituted. address@hidden method is unavailable if @value{emacsname} is run under a +The @option{smb} method is unavailable if @value{emacsname} is run under a local user authentication context in MS Windows. However such users can still access remote files using UNC file names instead of @value{tramp}: -- 2.5.0