> > - the name resolution for mount.cifs is the same than the kernel's one > > Mmm, I don't think that's true. I don't think the kernel does any name > resolution at all, I believe mount.cifs is doing name resolution via libc > before passing the request to the kernel.
Sure. My thoughts were confused (and still are) about who is responsible for the name resolution but of course this is libc. > > > - finally, the error message for a non existing server is: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/tmp/samba-test> mount -t cifs \\\\foo\\bar /mnt > > mount error: could not find target server. TCP name foo/bar not found > > No ip address specified and hostname not found > > > ...which I find pretty informative. > > Well, I think the submitter has a point regarding the term "TCP name". I > don't know what a TCP name is, do you? Hmmm, right. That could be improved somehow. "Network name" (vague enough)?
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