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Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:06:24 +0100
> G T Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> smbfs support is no longer distributed by SuSE.
> 
> That is because Microsoft changed the name from Server Message Block
> (SMB) to Common Internet File System (CIFS). They are both the same
> thing. 
> 

Not quite, with smbfs mount was with smbmount, and you had things like
smbclient which gave a FTP like client session. cifs uses mount.cifs
which is distinct. There are some under the hood differences in the
protocols used (smbfs is more orientated towards the older netbios stuff).

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