Re: Eeek?! smbmount is deprecated?!

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Jul 10, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Kent West wrote:
> westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> sudo mount -t cifs -o user=westk // 
> faculty/web mnt
> Password:  <--- for the sudo command
> Password:
> mount error 112 = Host is down
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
>
> westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> smbmount //faculty/web mnt -o  
> username=westk
> Password:
>
> westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> ls mnt
> Network Trash Folder  public_html
>
>
> So this syntax doesn't work.

From what I've seen elsewhere, I've come to the conclusion that  
mounting using a NETBIOS name is broken in cifs.  Using an IP address  
or DNS name seems to work better.