I used to use the samba "smbmount" command in order to access a network drive with an imbedded samba server so it looks like a windows server.

In order to mount the samba share to a local empty directory on my linux desktop, the command was:

smbmount //the_server_ip_address/my_userid_on_the_server ./the_local_dir -o username=my_userid_on_the_server,password=my_password_on_the_server,workgroup=WORKGROUP

Unfortunately, after upgrading from suse 10.0 to 10.3, the "smbmount" command does not exist anymore as well as the smbfs which is replaced with cifs

The question is:
What is the replacement of the "smbmount" command and how to use it ?

Regards

Jean-Michel Halloy

Samba was not compiled with smbfs support commands and features. Use the mount command with -t cifs option.

Brian

Samba has given me nothing but headaches since the switch to cifs.

I'm afraid I can't help you with smbmount, but smb4k http://smb4k.berlios.de/ is a KDE GUI for mounting samba shares.
After some initial issues (http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sus...ba-woes-2.html), I've got it working in openSuse 10.3.

Hi,

I already try the mount -t cifs command with the following syntax before posting for this:

mount -t cifs //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/my_userid ./backup -o userid=my_userid,password=my_password

but I receive the following error

mount error 20 = Not a directory
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

I read the man page but did not find the possible syntax error

I'm able to see the server directorys from konqueror with smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

any idee ?

Is /backup a hidden directory since placing a . infront of it?
If so mount it to just a directory called /backup.

Brian

Hi Brian and everybody,

I added the dot to be ./backup to retry after having the same result with /backup

Regards

Jean-Michel

Got no idea. Used the exact command and directory name and mounted to problem. If nothing in that directory I would delete and recreate.

Brian

Hi everybody,

Trying yesterday with smbclient and was able to connect to my remote drive, but this "ftp like" environment does not allow me to perform my easy backup scripts at night.
:-( why did they suppress the smbmount command &@#...!!!
Plan to try putting all the stuff into /etc/fstab with user,noauto... maybe this evening

Regards

Jean-Michel

Hi,

Still not able to mount the share, even in the fstab since the mount.cifs or mount -t cifs do not work.
I'd like to know how konqueror is able to perform the stuff.
It seems my Packard-Bell NetStore 3500 device does not support CIFS at all.
I plan to try a new firmware on it.
@+

Jean-Michel

I know this is a little late but I'm looking for a solution to a similar problem but have found a work around for what you are asking about. I would get the same error when I knew there was a folder by that name. I'm working on a Fedora box connecting to an XP machine on a 2003 domain. I found that if I used the command mount -t cifs /remote_machine/shared_folder /local_folder -o username=name@domain.com it would map just fine or you could use mount.cifs /remote_machine/shared_folder /local_folder -o username=name@domain.com hope this works for you. Happy Bash.

That looks correct to me.
The package cifs-mount replaces the use of smbmount and (I think) is installed as a default when installing samba and samba client.
Create the mount directory as normal and use
mount -t cifs //machine/service /mountpoint -o "user=winuser,password=hfhf,domain=workgroup"


Notice the double slash on the front of the machine name.

You should now also be able to set this up in fstab and allow non root users to mount and unmount the service.

See the man page for mount(8) and mount.cifs(8).
"man mount"
OR
"man mount.cifs"

Patrick.

Hi,

The mount -t cifs did not work even after installing a new firmware.
Since I do not receive any answer from the NAS vendor, I'll never by any packard bell anything
anymore.

Sorry for the late post... just joined this forum.

in the man entry for mount.cifs, note the information about setting security mode.

adding sec=ntlmv2 worked fine for me connecting to w2k3 service pack 2 box.

Hope this helps somebody out.

-JS

How to write the alias for smbmount and smbumount using cifs and pmount?

Like alias=smbmount="pmount --- or cifs ---.