Re: samba mounting and nautilus
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 08:37, Matthew Kay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Debian unstable. When I issue the following command:
>
> ## mount -t smbfs -o username=foo,password=bar //MATT/public /mnt/laptop
>
> I get the generic error message from mount (wrong fstype, bad superblock
> etc.) The equivalent line in /etc/fstab also gets me nowhere.
>
do you have the smbfs package installed?
> AFAICT, this should work since
> ## smbclient //MATT/public
> works perfectly, prompting me for a password. I've also tried different
> orderings of the mount syntax.
>
This would make sense if you are missing the smbfs package. smbfs
provides smbmount which is what mount uses to mount smb shares.
> On a (possibly) related issue, does anyone know why browsing smb:// in
> nautilus doesn't work, and if it will be fixed in 2.6?
>
You're probably right. It may not be working for the very same reason.
You may also want to make sure you've got gnome-vfs-extras as well,
which provides a gnome-vfs plugin for smb shares.
-davidc
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