<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Dear Colleagues,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>REMOTE NX AND SMBMOUNT</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>I am able to use NX on my Windows-XP computer at home, to connect over the internet to the LTSP Server at my place of work.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>All works very well, and I am happy, except...</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>...when I enable the local NX-client's 'services' tab intended for file sharing, I get the following server-response:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>---</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Info: Share: '//DEVXP/paul' failed to mount: /usr/bin/nxnode: line 959: smbmount: command not found</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>---</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Has anyone come across a resolution to this one please?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>In mitigation, I have done *some* online research which suggests that the command 'smbmount' is no longer fashionable (albeit currently called from /usr/bin/nxnode). I confirm I cannot find the file 'smbmount' on the server --- however, it appears to me that all available SMB and SAMBA packages are installed. [OR -- in which other package would I expect to find 'sbmmount' should this be the remedy?]</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>And I have tried the alternative 'mount -t cifs //DEVXP/paul /mnt/paultemp' without success.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>I'm hoping with NX to be able to drag-and-drop files between my remote computer and the server. Just as I can when I am on the LAN.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Interestingly, cut-and-paste of plain text works fine --- even without explicitly sharing. But it's the equivalent for whole files I am after.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Any pointers most appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>With many thanks (and Season's greetings to all)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Paul</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>Paul Humphreys</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006>(still a relatively newbie user, delighted with LTSP, resident in Oxford UK)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=708080916-10122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>