Error loading SMB mount

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Rob wrote:

>I am sorry if this has been discussed before, but it looks like the mail
>archives are down.  I am trying to mount an smb share from one Fedora Core 2
>test1 to another Fedora Core 2 test1.  When I use this command:
>
>mount -t smbfs -o username=johndoe //192.168.1.69/data /mnt/data
>
>I get this:
>
>ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel
>Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page
>smbmnt failed: 255
>
>It used to work with RC1, but I am guessing it have something to do with the
>new kernel 2.6.  I have been able to access the share from windoz machines
>on the network, just not between the 2 fedora test machines.
>


you need samba-*  >3.0.2-1rc1
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/

smbfs was not and is afaik not supported in   "fedora core 2 test1"  
with kernel 2.6.x
sure, you can compile your own kernel with smbfs-support  ;-)

use CIFS instead

# mount -t cifs -o username=johndoe //192.168.1.69/data /mnt/data



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shrek-m