tags 463378 confirmed thanks On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:52:49AM +0200, Noèl Köthe wrote: > Hello Elmar,
> smbfs is still (and will be) removed from samba and kernel 2.6.27 will > remove it too. > cifs is the replacement but you need a newer kernel for this. > If this is not possible on your side I see nothing we can do for you > because upstream (samba and kernel) removed/is removing smbfs. > I would like to close the bug because there is nothing we can do. > Or do you prefer to get it tagged "wontfix" which isn't the case IMHO. I consider it an upstream bug that cifs requires one to specify both the netbiosname and the hostname in order to connect to a Win9x server, so I think there is something we should be doing here. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

