fstab help

Kevin Brown plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Sat, 08 Jun 2002 16:21:13 -0700


do /mnt/mutt_c and mnt/mutt_d exist?  The folders have to be their for them to
be used as mount points.

Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> 
> //mutt/C$  /mnt/mutt_c  smbfs  auto,guid=,uid=,username=foo,password=bar 0
> //mutt/D$  /mnt/mutt_d  smbfs  auto,guid=,uid=,username=foo,password=bar 0
> 
> These are the two lines from fstab  In both cases I get the error "Could not
> resolve mount point /mnt/mutt_c"  (or d).
> 
> smbclient does indeed show the shares as
> 
> C$  Disk  Default share
> D$  Disk  Default share
> 
> On Friday 07 June 2002 03:27 pm, Jeffrey Pyne wrote:
> > Does it work if you mount the share 'by hand' (mount -t smbfs -o
> > username=foo,password=bar //mutt/d /mnt/mutt_d)?  You show a "userid"
> > option in your fstab.  Is that a typo?  I believe that should be
> > "username."  Do you have the smbfs module compiled (lsmod | grep smbfs)?
> > Is smbfs a valid fstype (grep smbfs /proc/filesystems)?  Is the D:\ drive
> > on Mutt a hidden share?  If so, try putting a $ after the remote filesystem
> > column in the fstab (//mutt/d$).  Does smbclient -L mutt -U <username> show
> > that Mutt has that share available?
> >
> > ~Jeff
> >
> > On Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:42 PM, Tom Achtenberg sent:
> > > I'm trying to connect to a shared drive on an NT server named
> > > mutt on my
> > > internal network from my RH7.3 box.  I have the following
> > > line in etc/fstab
> > >
> > > //mutt/d   /mnt/mutt_d  smbfs  guid=,uid=,userid=,password= 0
> > >
> > > When I try to mount the drive I get an error that says teh
> > > special device
> > > //mutt/d does not exist.  I know the two can see eachother as
> > > I can print to
> > > the printer that is on mutt.
> > >
> > > Any help will be much appreciated.
> >
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