Hi Dan,
appreciating your support/EMail/sugg
thanks once again...
Naresh
--- Dan Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> naresh bhalala wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >I have Development Board (EDB9302) from Cirrus
> >Logic...
> >Having Cirrus-arm-linux-1.4.3
> >and Kernel is ver 2.4.21
> >
> >While configuring the kernel configuration, It
> shows
> >only 1 option regarding smb i.e. smb file system
> >support (for windows folder share etc)
> >
> >where to get add user name , set password....???Is
> it
> >after this kernel get boot up ???
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Yes, after the kernel is booted.
>
> This is actually the same for all filesystems. Once
> the kernel is
> booted, it mounts the filesystems according to
> options provided in
> various places (/etc/fstab is the most direct
> place). One of those
> options is the "type." In your case, the type would
> be "smbfs." But then
> you would have to provide the username and password
> as options. You
> would also have to specify where to mount from
> (which Windows computer
> and the name of the shared drive).
>
> By the way, regarding your original post, it appears
> you may have a
> misunderstanding of the relationship between the
> samba service and the
> smbfs module.
>
> The samba service allows your Linux computer to
> export directory shares
> to Windows computers. It does not interact in any
> way with the smbfs
> module, or with mounting smbfs filesystems.
>
> The smbfs module is a samba client, which means it
> can import Windows
> directory shares to local mount points. It does not
> share local
> directories with other computers, though.
>
>
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