Michael Lueck wrote: > I am somewhat confused... > > I understand that the preferred method to mount a Samba share with a > Linux client is to use "mount -t cifs" rather than "mount -t smbfs". > > I get the impression that smbfs is samba.org developed code where as > cifs is from elsewhere. Thus the point of confusion. Why is samba.org > not developing the preferred code in this case? > > A sub question to that main one is a nagging thought of needing to add > the Debian / Ubuntu smbfs package to Linux client systems issuing "mount > -t cifs". If cifs really is from elsewhere, and smbfs is "bad evil", why > the interdependency? > > Thanks!
As I know it, cifs-mount (/sbin/mount.cifs) is maintained by the samba team as the replacement for the older smbfs. I can't even find smbmnt in opensuse 10.3. I wish I could point you to a release notes for this. Regards, Doug -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba