"fc5" mount does not recognize "smbfs" file system?
 

In the past I have been successful at using mount to add my windows shares to my Linux directory structure with the following systax:

mount -t smbfs -o username=myusername,password=mypassword,ip=192.168.2.100,rw //windowsbox/share /linuxmount

As of FC5 I am getting the following error from the bash shell:

"mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'"

Can anyone tell me what I am missing?

The smbfs is no longer used, try using cifs instead.

That worked. Thank you.

security issue
 

hey thanks for someone helping with this. this has been bugging me all week.

but my question is what kind of security risks are there?

i noticed the permissions just say "drwxrwxrwx" for all.

is there anyway to change it or what the best way to mount a windows ntfs drive from another computer.

any help is appreciated.

thank you

Ok, smbfs going out, cifs to replace but..
 

Thanks for the good info, smbfs -> cifs
That also fixed my new FC5 machine

but..

I have script files built up to
mount -t smbfs ---and now I must change to
mount -t cifs ----but only on FC-5/2.6.15 and greater.

These scripts are common across several FC-n,RH9,etc.

I can manipulate the BASH script to hinge on FC5 but
should the real check be for greater than 2.6.15?

Something like
MOUNTWITH=smbfs
[ -z "`uname -r | grep \"^2.6.15\"`" ] && MOUNTWITH=cifs
mount -t ${MOUNTWITH} yada yada yada

I know the grep need to be more robust, I will harden later.
But with this basic scheme work or am I missing something?

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That's not true. I used cifs on FC4.

doesnt work for me for some reasonthe address for the server ( //server-name/... ) i got from nautilus when i accessed the share so i know the location is right and the i.p add too. any ideas ?