I'm not sure is you can mount a VFAT share using cifs. Why don't you try
it? In Win98, share something then in your /etc/fstab, create an entry
with type as cifs.
smbfs is no longer maintained, so don't use it if you don't have to.
NOTE that smbfs is not part of Samba. You don't need to be
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Gary Dale wrote:
There error you are getting could be because you
don't have cifs installed. As for the ip address
vs. hostname, just make sure the host is defined
in /etc/hosts.
Just a note
According the kernel change log, cifs didn't get
I periodically see smbfs questions get asked on this list, and they
usually get one of two responses:
1. smbfs is a kernel module; this list is not the appropriate place to
be asking smbfs questions.
2. You should be using cifs instead.
(Please let me know if either if these is incorrect.)
I
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 10:22 -0500, Josh Kelley wrote:
I periodically see smbfs questions get asked on this list, and they
usually get one of two responses:
1. smbfs is a kernel module; this list is not the appropriate place to
be asking smbfs questions.
2. You should be using cifs instead.
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 10:22 -0500, Josh Kelley wrote:
I periodically see smbfs questions get asked on this list, and they
usually get one of two responses:
1. smbfs is a kernel module; this list is not the appropriate place to
be asking smbfs questions.
2. You should be using cifs instead.
On 11/30/05, Eisenhut, Daniel (GE Healthcare)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is the appropriate place to ask smbfs/cifs questions? I have a few
questions that I'd like to ask...
For cifs, the mount.cifs manpage says to use the Linux CIFS Mailing
List, which is apparently located at
