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complete-noobie
2006-05-14, 05:39 PM CDT
I just installed FC5 and now I'm trying to mount my samba shares from another computer. In my fstab, I typed

//192.168.1.10/Backup /mnt/Fileserver/Backup smbfs credentials=/etc/credentials 0 0

This worked on my computer when I was using FC4 but not now. In the terminal, I typed "mount -a" and it said:
"mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'"

I later changed "smbfs" to "auto" and it still complained saying:
"mount: special device //192.168.1.10/Backup does not exist"
I also double checked to make sure that that information was correct and it was. I also tried replacing the IP address with the computer name "//fileserver" and I got the same error. Any Ideas?

PilotJLR
2006-05-14, 06:40 PM CDT
Try changing the "smbfs" or "auto" to read "cifs" instead.

I'm fairly sure FC5 did away with SMB entirely, in favor of using CIFS, which modern versions of Windows use.