"Bob Cober" wrote: > [root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc //192.168.1.200/downloads /mnt/bobpc > [...] > [root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc //cx267762-k/download /mnt/bobpc Not to nitpick, but did you use either "download" or "downloads" in both cases? I notice they're different. There can be interesting interactions with WINS browsing and DNS in mixed environments. When I use the server name (server is Win2K Pro), it works with no problem, but when I use the IP address, I get a couple of warnings like: 28129: session request to 172.16.17.253 failed (Called name not present) 28129: session request to 172 failed (Called name not present) The mount does work, but I get these messages. Apparently, this is due to differences in how Win2K and Samba work (a search turned up a number of references like http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba-ntdom/2000-October/048916.html ) A possibility is that "cx267762-k" is resolved in DNS but the IP address isn't (presumably cx267762-k is your external name, but 192.168.1.200 doesn't resolve in DNS). In my case, the server name IS resolvable via DNS. What is the netbios name of the Windows box? Something like "smbmount //netbiosname/download /mnt/bobpc -o username=rgc,ip=192.168.1.200" might work, or better make sure netbiosname is resolved via DNS. > Second question: > If I want to mount this share automatically, can I put it it /etc/fstab? Yes. Here's an entry from mine: //server/backups /mnt/backups smbfs username=backups,password=password 0 0 The only problem I've noted is in the options field. I don't want this to mount automatically at boot, but if I put "noauto" in the options, I get error messages at boot time. Other than that, it works quite well and I use Samba in place of NFS to keep life simple. Let us know if this helps! - Bob