[K12OSN] Re: Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux workstation

[Bert Rolston]

Hi All,

Yes it is a Samba server, v3.0.23a-1.fc5.1, the default updated version
for FC5.

I've added myself to the fuse group, but it didn't make any difference.

The Fedora Core 5 mount command no longer recognises SMBFS as a file
system. I've tried.

Dave Whitmer made a comment about problems mounting CIFS shares for this
version of Samba. So methinks I need to upgrade to a later version of
Samba. :-/

Now where is the best place to find a later package........rpmfind, yum?

At least this is a definite lead.

Cheers,
Bert


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Isn't the server a SAMBA server ?
> > Paint me yellow and call me a banana but where did windows servers get
> > mentioned?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> I, too, assumed it was a samba server, not a Windows box, which is why I suggested using 
> sshfs instead; it's much easier, uses (more familiar to me) ssh syntax, works on thin 
> clients, don't have to be root to use it, etc.
> 
> Petre
> 
> 
> ================================================
> Petre Scheie wrote:
> > mrgoblin wrote:
> >> Rob Owens wrote:
> >>> For newer windows file servers (maybe 2000 and later?)
> >>> you need to specify "-t cifs" instead of "-t smbfs". Cifs is 
> >>> Microsoft's new filesharing specification. 
> >>> Another peculiarity of the Cifs system is that you
> >>> need to provide credentials in order to see the list
> >>> of available file shares.  The older system let you
> >>> see the list w/o providing credentials, and only
> >>> required the credentials if you actually wanted to
> >>> mount one of those shares.
> >>
> >> Isn't the server a SAMBA server ?
> >> Paint me yellow and call me a banana but where did windows servers get
> >> mentioned?
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> > I, too, assumed it was a samba server, not a Windows box, which is why I 
> > suggested using sshfs instead; it's much easier, uses (more familiar to 
> > me) ssh syntax, works on thin clients, don't have to be root to use it, 
> > etc.
> > 
> I forgot to mention another advantage of sshfs: you can use it across the internet since 
> it's over a secure channel.  I find it ironic that CIFS stands for Common _Internet_ 
> File Service since no one in his right mind uses CIFS/SMB across the internet.
> 
> Petre
> 
> 
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