RE: [Sheflug] Re: Automounting SMB shares

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i seem to think that if you compile smbfs into the kernel that this type of
statement should work. it allows you to use the standard mount command with
smb filesystems



> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> > I've got a line in /etc/fstab which reads
> >
> > //server/public  /mnt/public  smbfs  auto,user,ro  0 0
> >
> > but it doesn't automount the directory. Is the above line incorrect
> > in some respect?
> 
> 
> I'm afraid my feeble little brain cell isn't too good at smbmount.  
> But, the above looks like it might not work.  Try 'man smbmount'  
> 'man samba' as an intro.
> 
> I've got a load of books about this but none of them give the correct 
> syntax.  In Samba Server Administration by R Smith published by Sybex 
> it says in chapter 7....  ...  smbmount  //server/share  /mountpoint  
> [-o options] ....
> 
> this probably doesn't help but I can't type in twenty pages from a 
> book.  One other thing is that smbmount syntax has changed in recent 
> versions so you might need to watch out for that one as well.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard
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