Enable smbfs on RHEL5

[Ben Kevan]

On Monday 16 June 2008 04:55:50 pm Barry Brimer wrote:
> > I need to enable the smbfs on my RHEL5 system. The result of "modprobe
> > smbfs" is "FATAL: Module smbfs not found.". I'd assume this means the
> > kernel module for smbfs is not on my system. How do I get the module?
>
> smbfs is being replaced by cifs.  man mount.cifs for more info.
>
> HTH,
> Barry
>
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I wouldn't say smbfs is being replaced by cifs. You can still enable smbfs, it 
has just not loaded by default due to security concerns. The default method 
is to continue to use cifs (which has been around). 

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