Re: (un)mounting smb shares

From: Joerg Johannes (liste_joerg_at_gmx.de)
Date: 02/10/04

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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:23:26 +0100

    Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Karsten M. Self um 23:38:
    > Consider using autofs to automatically mount and umount the shares on
    > demand.

    Thanks for the pointer, maybe I'll try it out when I try out the 2.6
    kernel...

    > Set a short timeout -- a few seconds (2-3) isn't too short -- to allow
    > you to quickly free resources and keep you from waiting for mount
    > time-outs. One limitation of legacy MS Windows is to allow only a
    > limited number of clients access to a fileserver (IIRC, 10). Each
    > GNU/Linux mount counts as a user instance.

    This machine is not a legacy Windows server, but a Suse 9.0 box serving
    files via Samba... I have asked them why I can't mount them via NFS
    (other UNIX boxes in the computing centre do so), but got no response :(

    joerg 

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