On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:43, Dexter Ang wrote:

I'm sorry for replying to my own email, but I made a mistake...

> Jesus, Jr. C. Enerio wrote:
> 
> >Hi pluggers,
> >
> >How do I mount M$ SMB share to my linux box? I used to execute :
> >mount //ntserver/myfolder /mnt/ntshare -o username=jess,password=jess 
> >
> if i remember correctly, the syntax is:
> 
> mount -t smbfs -o username=me,password=secret //server/folder /mnt/samba

My immediate reaction was incorrect (the one about the missing "-t
smbfs") as the original syntax works here after testing.

> 
> i think you need the "-t smbfs" to explicitly state that it is an smb 
> filesystem you are mounting.
> 
> >
> >on RH7.3 & everything works fine. But when I did it in RH9 it gives me the error:
> >"mount: fs type smb not supported by kernel"
> >and my /var/log/messages has this error:
> >"Sep 27 11:01:29 katipunan modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module smb
> >Sep 27 11:01:29 katipunan modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module freesmb
> >
> >But when I issue: "insmod smbfs" I get:
> >Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-19.9/kernel/fs/smbfs/smbfs.o
> >insmod: a module named smbfs already exists
> >
> >I also tried: "modprobe smbfs", still nothing happens. Anyone got an idea why I 
> >cant mount a SMB share w/ RH9 that ok naman sa RH7.3?

Have you tried rmmod-ing the smbfs module first ("rmmod smbfs"), then
modprobe-ing it again? What message do you get when you rmmod and
modprobe?

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