I believe smbfs is deprecated in Ubuntu.  I'd go with cifs instead:
http://joey.ubuntu-rocks.org/blog/2007/04/25/resolution-to-mounting-samba-shares-dont-use-smbfs/

On 10/16/07, Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 11:14:01 -0400, Brian Shepard wrote:
> >    I recently inherited an old laptop that I have Ubuntu Server 7.04running
> >    on.  I installed GNUMP3d; everything works and I can get to GNUMP3d
> from
> >    my other computers.  The problem is I don't know how to set the music
> >    directory (root=) to the directory on my Windows XP computer that
> contains
> >    my music.  The music is in K:\music, the Windows computer's name on
> the
> >    network is HTPC and it has a static IP of 192.168.1.3.  I installed
> Samba,
> >    but don't know if I need to use it or configure it to get to that
> Windows
> >    directory.  Is is possible to set root=//HTPC/K:/music or some such
> >    nonsense?  BTW, Ubuntu Server is CLI and I'm a noob.
>
>   YOu will need to mount the Windows share locally for the
> software to work.
>
>   smbfs will do for you, or ciffs, here is a simple article
> which might help you in the right direction:
>
>     http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/165
>
> Steve
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