Fwd: where is smbmount on centOS 5 (Solved)

["Indunil Jayasooriya" <indunil75@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks . SOLVED. 



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From: Akemi Yagi <amyagi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Jun 29, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: where is smbmount on centOS 5

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On 6/28/07, Indunil Jayasooriya < indunil75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am searching smbmount command on centOS 5.
>
> On, CENTOS 4.4, I used it as follows to backup data to a window PC. I want
> to do it on CentOS 5 now.
>
> mount -t smbfs -o ip=
> 192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret
> //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily
>
>  I can not issue such command on centos 5. When I try , It gives below
> error.
>
> [root@mail ~]# mount -t smbfs -o
> ip= 192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret
> //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'
>
> help needed.

smbfs has been depreciated.  See this wiki for mounting Windows shares:

http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares

Akemi
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