Re: [SLE] mount error: invalid argument (smbfs)

From: "Joe Morris (NTM)" <Joe_Morris@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:35:36 +0800

Felix Miata wrote:
> In 9.3 with 2.6.11.4-21 kernel /var/log/messages tells me "kernel:
> smbfs: Unrecognized mount option noauto" when I try to mount this samba
> share manually. To mount the share, I must edit fstab to remove the
> noauto option, mount, then put it back after mounting so that it won't
> automount on a reboot. Mandriva 2006 with 2.6.12 kernel gives me no such
> foolishness with the exact same fstab entry, "... smbfs
> ro,fmask=664,noauto 0 0". How can I fix this?
>
IIUC, mounting an smb share should not be done via fstab, but via
/etc/samba/smbfstab, and by starting the smbfs service on boot. HTH

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