Further examination finds that another system, RH9, has an executable named smbmount. I haven't yet tried a mount. The RH8, below, I think (will know tomorrow), lacks this file. A smoking gun? Why is it missing? Or is it not the issue?
Thanks, Mike. Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > > I recently reinstalled RH8 as a VMware guest on a WinXP box. > I used a previously proven script at level 3, containing, in > one line with no inappropriate spaces: > > mount -t smbfs -o user,noauto,dmask=777,fmask=777,username=xx, > password=yy //DELLBOX/linuxShare /mnt/linuxShare > > I get a failure that reports numerous possibilities including > bad fs, and other other things. I suspect I omitted a step > in the installation. I used the standard RH8 Workstation install, > and later executed an upgrade to get Samba. > > Pings are successful in both directions. > > Any suggestion about what I might be missing? > > Thanks, > Mike. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
