smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel

Aussie · 03-20-2002, 06:47 PM

You have to make sure the smbfs module loads before the kernel tries to mount the samba share or it will fail, you only need to worry about this if you are mounting the share at boot time though.

glock19 · 03-20-2002, 06:51 PM

I uncommented that line in the rc.modules and now I can mount samba shares. so it was in my kernel after all, and i just wasn't loading it by default, right?

taz.devil · 03-20-2002, 06:54 PM

Yep. It's built-in by default, but as a module not directly into the kernel. Make sure you take note of Aussie's above post about mounting the share after the module loads. I'm sure you already saw it...Have a good one! Sorry if I confused anything.

IronMonkey88 · 02-18-2008, 09:00 AM

I have a new post for all of you on this thread. All of you need not bang your head on the monitor anymore about smbfs. According to Novell (see the article below) the SMBFS file system has been deprecated (meaning its out of there-gone-kerput). BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION!!

(They were so naughty for not telling us

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Instead of SMBFS use CIFS

Let me give you an example of how it works (it really is the same except for one silly word).

First - we all remember something similar to this-right?

Code:

    mount -t smbfs -o username=JohnDoe,password=somestuff //orion/JohnDoe /media/JohnDoe

Or you can see it this way:

Code:

    mount -t smbfs -o username=<USER>,password=<PASSWORD> //<SMB SERVER>/<SMB SHARE> /<LOCAL MOUNT DIRECTORY(IES)>

All we need to do is change smbfs to cifs.
See below...

Code:

    mount -t cifs -o username=JohnDoe,password=somestuff //orion/JohnDoe /media/JohnDoe

Or you can see it this way:

Code:

    mount -t cifs -o username=<USER>,password=<PASSWORD> //<SMB SERVER>/<SMB SHARE> /<LOCAL MOUNT DIRECTORY(IES)>

NOVELL documented this in their knowledge base article accessible below:
http://www.novell.com/support/search...200%2057334140

Please note:
Though their article says that ERROR: Permission denied is given by the mount command-I have used this on OpenSuSE 10.2 as described above and it was successful in mounting the SMB share on a local folder.

When I used SMBFS(before discovering the CIFS workaround) I received the same error that was in the beginning of this thread (ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel). Infact-the error message is what brought me here.

I saw how hard you all were working to try and figure this one out and I tried my hand at the solution. I often found that Novell really knows what they are doing. I hope this helps. If it does(or doesn't)-please let me know.

Sincerely,
Dustin (IRON Monkey 88

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