On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:12 am, James D. Parra wrote: > > I'm connecting to our windows' shares using names instead IP addresses > using cifs and not experiencing any problems (Suse 9.1 -10.0). > > What is it that can't be done using cifs? One thing I noticed that I prefer > using cifs over smbfs is if the windows box is rebooted, the cifs mount > recovers while the smbfs mounts would timeout and become unmountable.
I have hostnames on my LAN that smbfs can resolve but cifs cannot. The answer "use a fixed IP address" is not very satisfying if you're running fully dynamic DHCP. And to say "don't use fully dynamic DHCP" is to have the tail wagging the dog. Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
