On 2008-03-17, Rik Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> According to the docs at >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Samba#Using_CIFS, >> the following command should work: >> >> mount -t cifs //<windows machine name>/<shared folder> /<mountpoint> \ >> -o >> "username=<user>,uid=<uid>,iocharset=cp850,dir_mode=0770,file_mode=660" >> >> That doesn't work for me. I get this error: >> >> mount -t cifs //sidewinder/temp_xfer /mnt/tmp -o [...] >> mount error: improperly formatted UNC name. /sidewinder/temp_xfer does not >> begin with \\ or // >> mount error 22 = Invalid argument >> >> mount.cifs works fine. The only way I can get mount to work is >> to use backslashes for the UNC path. When support for >> forward-slahses in UNC paths get broken? >> >> -- >> Grant >> >> >> -- >> gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list >> > > This error is actually described in the gentoo-wiki page just under that > command example: '*Warning:* Recent versions of "mount" don't support > forward slashes in UNC path names as shown above -- you must use > backslashes.'
I know, I added that warning. > However, forward slashes are working for me with samba 3.0.28 and util-linux > 2.13-r2. I've got samba 3.0.28 and util-linux 2.13-r2, and forward slashes don't work for me. I pasted in the command from the wiki page almost exactly as shown (changed the hostname and sharename), and it didn't work. I also found a number of reports of the exact same problem in various other places (Ubunto forums for example). Perhaps I should edit the warning on the wiki page to say that sometimes backslashes work, and sometimes they don't. -- Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
