[Bug 207625] mount_smbfs(8): missing description of option "-n opt"

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207625

            Bug ID: 207625
           Summary: mount_smbfs(8): missing description of option "-n opt"
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de

Manpage of mount_smbfs(8) states:

SYNOPSIS
     mount_smbfs [-E cs1:cs2] [-I host] [-L locale] [-M crights:srights] [-N]
                 [-O cowner:cgroup/sowner:sgroup] [-R retrycount] [-T timeout]
                 [-U username] [-W workgroup] [-c case] [-d mode] [-f mode]
                 [-g gid] [-n opt] [-u uid]
                 //user at server[:port1[:port2]]/share node

The option "-n opt" is never mentioned again or described/documented!

Further, the SMB (server message block) is outdated, the TCP port 139 used with
NetBIOS is considered dangerous as it is an exploit to takeover windows
connections. It has been recommended to disable using TCP/139. 

I do not find ANY(!) hints how to use CIFS and TCP port 445 only!  One can only
guess that it is the addition to /user at server[:port1... with port1 substituted
with 445.

Iit should be made clear whether mount_smbfs is a suitable tool to mount CIFS
share from a CIFS only server.

In my experience, it is very hard to find any fitting FreeBSD documentation
regarding CIFS. It seems this is already standard in the Linux world and I find
it a pity that FreeBSD is behind, outdated or even worse incapable.

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