I want to automount a smbfs on SuSE-Linux 6.2, but any time I try to
access the intended mount-directory the smbmount fails. This is the
automount-file auto.net:
folder -fstype=smbfs ://host/folder
If I change into /net/folder, the system writes the following to
/var/log/messages:
do_mount //host/folder /net/folder type smbfs
mount(smbfs): no password option, adding -n
mount(smbfs): no password option, adding -n
mount(smbfs): calling mkdir /net/folder
>> /net/folder: option requires an argument -- n
>> Usage: smbmount //server/share mountpoint [options ...]
>> Version 2.0.5a
>> ^I-d debuglevel set the debuglevel
>> ^I-n netbios name. Use this name as my netbios name
>> ^I-N don't ask for a password
>> ^I-I dest IP use this IP to connect to
>> ^I-E write messages to stderr instead of stdout
>> ^I-U username set the network username
>> ^I-W workgroup set the workgroup name
>> ^I-t terminal code terminal i/o code
{sjis|euc|jis7|jis8|junet|hex}
mount(smbfs): failed to mount //host/folder on /net/folder
So autofs seem to send an ivalid option to smbmount. If I try to
workaround and change my auto.net like
folder -fstype=smbfs,passwd="something" ://host/folder
The operation fails again:
(...)
: mount(smbfs): calling mkdir /net/folder
: >> /net/mp3: invalid option -- P
: >> Usage: smbmount //server/share mountpoint [options ...]
(...)
So theres a wrong option again. I read an article on this list within
the same problem. It was suggested to use autofs 3.1.3. But I'm running
V3.1.3-57 (didn't find any newer version).
Don't have anymore idea what to do now. Any suggestions?
Frank Beimfohr
University of Dortmund, Germany
