Try using cifs. check man mount.cifs El dom, 26-12-2004 a las 17:45 -0800, Dominique Veillard escribió: > With very limited experience on Linux, I am trying to mount a smb > share on a new Fedora core 3 installation. I have created a > directory called /mnt/there, with access privilidges rwx to the user > > I have added the following line in /etc/fstab: > > //host/resource /mnt/there smbfs noauto,username=dude,password=secret 0 0 > > and the following line in /etc/rc.local: > > mount //host/resource -o uid=dude > > I remember doing this on a Fedora core 1 CD that came with > a Linux introductory book, and it did work in that case. > > With this Fedora core 3 installation, I have done exactly the > same thing, and the share does appears on the desktop, but it is > inoperative. When the /mnt/there directory is accessed from the > command line, the response is very slow, and I finally get an > "io error" message. > > Looking through the redhat knowledge base I have found how to > use the smbclient, and I can access any file in any directory > of the remote resource through the smbclient command line. > > Not understanding what SElinux does, but wondering whether it > might complicate the experiment, I turned it OFF. > > I get the impression I am almost there, but evidently not quite > there. If you have any idea of what stands in the way, please > illuminate. Samba server is not installed. > > Thanks, Dom. > > > Dominique H. Veillard, CEO > LAFOUDA Solutions. > -------------------------- >