Re: SMBMOUNT won't

[Mirek Kwasniak <mirek@zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 10:34:05AM -0400, Alec Smith wrote:
> Thanks... Problem appears to be solved. By the way, it seemed to work as
> \\\Condor\NTC -- Note the third \

Yes, I didn't notice that you wrote  

  "\\CONDOR\NTC"

I use syntax like

   '\\CONDOR\NTC'

It's so because shell interpretes some sequencec like \<some char> for
example \\ becomes \. To be shure, when you don't use single quotes you
should write:

    \\\\CONDOR\\NTC

Double quotes doesn't stop shell from interpreting entire string. Your
example is working because your current shell doesn't interpret sequences
\C and \N.

> 
> Since you seem to know what's going on, there is a not-fatal error about
> /etc/lmhosts not existing during the mount. What is the format of this
> file and how is it used?
> 

:)
It's simple file (like /etc/hosts) containing one IP and NETBIOS-name per
line, for example:

127.0.0.1 CONDOR

Its purpouse is to help find names that can't be resolved by dns, wins or
broadcast. Some hosts have different netbios and dns names.

Mirek