Re: Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-31 Thread Hugh Lawson
Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hugh Lawson wrote, on 31/03/08 00:06: > > Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> The smbfs package, which depends on samba-common includes the > >> mount.cifs binary: > > [ snip ] > > > >> The format of the /etc/fstab entry changed, requiring t

Re: Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-30 Thread Arthur Marsh
Hugh Lawson wrote, on 31/03/08 00:06: Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The smbfs package, which depends on samba-common includes the mount.cifs binary: [ snip ] The format of the /etc/fstab entry changed, requiring the IP address of the remote system rather than just the NetBIOS na

Re: Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Arthur Marsh wrote: The format of the /etc/fstab entry changed, requiring the IP address of the remote system rather than just the NetBIOS name: In my system, now using smbfs 3.0.28-2+b1, I've always cifs-mounted Windows shares using the name of the host, not the IP. There is, however, an

Re: Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-30 Thread Hugh Lawson
Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The smbfs package, which depends on samba-common includes the > mount.cifs binary: [ snip ] > The format of the /etc/fstab entry changed, requiring the IP address > of the remote system rather than just the NetBIOS name: > > # old format, should all b

Re: Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-30 Thread Arthur Marsh
Amit Uttamchandani wrote, on 30/03/08 07:40: As smbfs is no longer maintained, what is the proper way to mount samba shares in linux? Most of the user guides out there rely on 'mount -t smbfs ' to mount windows shares. I heard there is a mount -t cifs? But that doesn't seem to work in etc

Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
As smbfs is no longer maintained, what is the proper way to mount samba shares in linux? Most of the user guides out there rely on 'mount -t smbfs ' to mount windows shares. I heard there is a mount -t cifs? But that doesn't seem to work in etch box that I have. In the meantime, I am usin