Re: [gentoo-user] samba vs. cifs

[Matt Harrison]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:42:09PM +0200, KH wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I just ran in a problem:
> 
> net-fs/mount-cifs ("net-fs/mount-cifs" is blocking net-fs/samba-3.4.6)
> 
> Somba is pulled in by the samba use-flag. The PC only is "client" to a 
> server running samba. Do I need samba for this anymore? More specific 
> (don't want to hear "moo"): Will I be able to mount a samba partition 
> without setting the samba use flag and after unmerging samba?
> 
> Regards
> kh

I just enable cifs in the kernel and install the mount-cifs script. That lets 
me mount
remote shares with no trouble at all.

HTH

Matt

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