Re: [ILUG] Mounting Windows shares in Linux Hi Robert,
I dont have cifs support in the kernel. So I guess it needs to be mounted on
a system with cifs support built in. That defeats my purpose as I have the
webserver on the current system.

Thanks,
--Walter

On 11/1/07, Robert Sweetnam  wrote:
>
> Walter Faleiro wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to mount a shared folder from a windows system on a linux
> system
> > in the same network.
> >
> >  mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=password
> //servername/sharename
> > /mnt/mountpoint
> >
> > The command exits successfully, but when I try to do a ls under
> > /mnt/mountpoint it gives stale nfs handle.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Walter
>
> Hi Walter,
>
> Try using mount -t cifs instead of mount -t smbfs
>
> You need to use cifs if the server is a Windows2003 or an XP or Vista
> workstation.
>
> Regards
> Robert
>


