On 2020-07-04 05:04, Bob Goodwin wrote: > However the end result fails in the same way as others I tried which I thought would work but refuse to mount. > > [root@WS1 bobg]# mount //192.168.50.57/home/share /media/smb > Password for bobg@//192.168.50.57/home/share: > mount error(2): No such file or directory > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) and kernel log messages (dmesg) Yes..... Your mount command is incorrect. You have an entry in the fstab. I set up my system to demonstrate...... This is "wrong". [root@meimei etc]# mount //192.168.1.1/myUSB/ /media/smb Password for root@//192.168.1.1/myUSB/: mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) and kernel log messages (dmesg) This is "right" [root@meimei etc]# mount /media/smb [root@meimei etc]# [root@meimei etc]# df -t cifs Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on //192.168.1.1/myUSB/ 120686752 1107456 119579296 1% /media/smb -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
