Thanks Gustin, I'll try that out this evening.
Shane On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:47:30 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote > Try mounting as cifs instead. Samba provides both so you should not > need to install anything more. > > //servername/share /mnt cifs credentials=/path/to/creds,gid=wheel 0 0 > > I had lots of issues on my wlan until I switched. Cifs is also what > you need to > connect to Windows server 2003 as SMB is disabled by default. > > For scripts, I use ssh keys and one of scp, rsync (utilizing ssh), > and shfs. > > -- > No trees were harmed in the transmission of this message, however a > large number > of electrons were seriously inconvenienced. > > Quoting Shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi All, > > > > Has anyone else had trouble creating Samba mounts on Fedora 3 that remain > > persistent? > > > > I have an fstab line like so: > > > > //servername/share /mnt smbfs credentials=/path/to/creds,gid=wheel 0 0 > > > > It mounts fine at boot and works read/write for 'wheel' group members. > > > > However... > > > > I have a cron job instigated by root's crontab (so it should have root's > > privileges) to back up some files in the middle of the night and I get > > errors from cron like: > > > > "'/mnt' directory doesn't exist" > > > > It seems like the Samba connnection works for awhile but then dies (sorta) > > > > Both 'mount' command on both machines claim that the connection is made, but > > viewing/readin/writing doesn't work. The connection goes stale. > > > > Anyone have this trouble before? > > > > Shane > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Echostar Secure Webmail _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
