Samba mount problem

ust · 02-23-2009, 04:04 AM

I have a bebian and RHEL 5 server , I use the command mount.cifs windows-path local-path -o username="xxxx",password="yyyy" can mount the windows path as local path , but I use the same method to do at a RHEL 3 server , it pop the below messages

mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

Can advise what is the problem , how can I fix it ? thx

acid_kewpie · 02-23-2009, 04:08 AM

rhel3 still used smbfs, not cifs.

ust · 02-23-2009, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

rhel3 still used smbfs, not cifs.

thx reply ,

can advise if I really want to use cifs type , what can I do ?

The reason of why I want to use cifs is because some other application use cifs for file sharing , I am not perfer to make too much changes.

Thx

acid_kewpie · 02-23-2009, 05:07 AM

I gues you could upgrade the kernel to get cifs installed too, but if you're just mounting it, i really can't see any issue using smbfs over cifs.

ust · 02-24-2009, 03:19 AM

thx reply,

I found that there is packages called cifs client , can advise does it used for cifs connection if the kernel not support cifs ? is it suit for my case if I do not upgrade the kernel ? thx