Re: smbmount

[Ernst-Magne Vindal <ernst@vindal.com>]

Brian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Debian 3.0 i386.  I think the kernel is 2.2.20.  At least that's what's returned when I do "uname -a".
>
> My problem is I can't run smbmount using Debian.  The error is:
> "ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel
> Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page
> smbmnt failed: 255"
>
> Does this mean I have to compile a new kernel?  And do you happen to know where / how I tell this new kernel to support the smbfs filesystem?
>
> Thank you.
>
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you can try :

<snip>
draupner:# dpkg -l smbfs
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                           Version 
Description
+++-==============================-==============================-============================================================================
ii  smbfs                          2.999+3.0.alpha21-4            mount 
and umount commands for the smbfs (for kernels >= than 2.2.x)
draupner:#
<snip>

and see what it gives you, if nothing, then :
<snip>
draupner:# apt-cache search smbfs
linneighborhood - An SMB network browser for Linux and X11.
samba - a LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix
smbclient - a LanManager-like simple client for Unix
smbfs - mount and umount commands for the smbfs (for kernels >= than 2.2.x)
draupner:#
<snip>

apt-get install smbfs

good luck

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/ernst