Thanks a lot Gary! Once again, the most simple solution is the most elegant one in an given situation. :) I will definitely try that. On sre, 2003-04-23 at 23:38, Gary Frost wrote: > I have the same problem in RH9. > > I fixed this while mounting the w2k shares from the rc.local as > background > processes with the & at the end of the line. > > It works fine. > > rc.local: > > smbmount //w2k/share1 /mnt/share1 -o > username=xxx,password=xxx,uid=xx,gid=xx > & > smbmount //w2k/share2 /mnt/share2 -o > username=xxx,password=xxx,uid=xx,gid=xx > & > smbmount //w2k/share3 /mnt/share3 -o > username=xxx,password=xxx,uid=xx,gid=xx > & > > regards > > On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 06:30, Igor NestoroviÄ wrote: > > As reported on News groups, there seem to exist a problem affecting > > mounting Windows shares with smb-client. > > It looks there's no time out here. > > Example. When I put mount -t smbfs commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to > > mount four Windows shares, the system hangs during the boot proces, > > never making to the login screen. > > But get this. Trying to mount from a console, on at least one mount > > command I don't get prompt back, like it have never finished the task, > > BUT IT DID. CTRL-C and quick check on the local mount point shows all > > OK, task is finished sucessfully. > > Anyone? > Gary A. Frost > Systems Administrator > Arnold AFB (AEDC/ACS) > >
