Re: sambafs/smbmount questions

[Kurt Starsinic <kstar@isinet.com>]

Tracy Nelson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to mount a shared directory from my NT server on my Linux
> box.  Does anyone know how to do this?  I have tried to mount it using
> "mount -tsmbfs" but I get the message that that file system type is
> unsupported by my kernel, and I can't find the source for it.  I have
> seen references to something called "smbmount", but I can't seem to find
> any solid info on it (probably I just don't know where to look).

Tracy,

    You need to build and install a kernel with SMB support.  If you don't
know how to do this, I recommend that you read the Kernel HOWTO:

    http://www.linuxhq.com/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

    Good luck,
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