[K12OSN] Re: Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux workstation
Bert Rolston
bert.rolston at clear.net.nz
Thu Aug 24 03:42:07 UTC 2006
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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