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Old 08-16-2008, 03:57 AM   #1
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smbmount is not found in Fedora Core 8 ,


Dear Gurus.

i have installed Fedora Core 8,i have install Samba and smbclient is working right but when i try to mount through smbmount i get messeage.

[root@Server ~]# smbmount
-bash: smbmount: command not found

As when i try to get the status of our samba i get this.

[root@Server ~]# rpm -qa | grep samba
samba-common-3.0.26a-6.fc8
samba-3.0.26a-6.fc8
samba-client-3.0.26a-6.fc8
system-config-samba-1.2.58-1.fc8

please tell me where smbmount is hidden ....and is there any thing is missing,as i have installed fedora in two system and the same problem exit on both.

mount type smbfs is also dosnt exist ...
/]# mount -t smbfs //wks1/ebooks /mnt/work -o username=myusers
 
Old 08-16-2008, 11:16 PM   #2
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Try mount -t cifs //wks1/ebooks /mnt/work -o username=myusers
 
Old 08-17-2008, 01:42 AM   #3
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mount -t cifs //192.168.1.34/TrixBox /mnt/trixbox/ -o username=username its working

To mount windows share in Fedora 8
root@mail ~]# mount -t cifs //192.168.1.34/TrixBox /mnt/trixbox/ -o username=username
Password:
[root@mail ~]# cd /mnt/trixbox/
[root@mail samba]# ls
index.php_files index.php.htm


Thanks ,

its working.
Please also tell me
smbmoubt dosn't exist in Fedora????

waiting........
 
Old 08-17-2008, 02:11 AM   #4
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The smb filetype is obsolete. There is a cifs.mount command which is what mount -t cifs calls to mount a cifs share.
CIFS is a standard that is used by a number of companies, not just Microsoft and includes support for *nix to *nix filesharing, including using Linux acls and attributes.
 
Old 08-17-2008, 06:34 AM   #5
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Thanks for Acknowledgment.
 
  


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