[Samba] YASP (Yet Another Samba Problem)

[Joe Cipale]

When I attmept to mount a PC (W2K) share via my fstab, I get the
following error message on the mount:
"Unknown parameter encountered 'file'"

Truth be told , samba is becoming more and more frustrating. The only
thing I have been able to successfully do is to make visible my NFS
mount point across my file server to my W2K machine. I am running SuSE
9.1, Samba 3.02a

Enclosed is a copy of my smb.config and my fstab files:

fstab -

/dev/hda1       /       ext3    acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/hda6       /data1  auto    noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdb1       /devel  ext3    acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/hdd1       /sql    ext3    acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/hda5       swap    swap    pri=42 0 0
devpts  /dev/pts        devpts  mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc    /proc   proc    defaults 0 0
usbfs   /proc/bus/usb   usbfs   noauto 0 0
sysfs   /sys    sysfs   noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom      /media/cdrom    subfs  
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy   subfs  
fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0

#################################################
#              Samba mount points               #
#################################################
196.168.2.197:/royal_share      /data/ryl_d     smbfs  
username=joec,password=tdf_2001,fmask=0666,dmask=0777   0 0
#192.168.2.100:/media/cdrom     /cdrom2 nfs     defaults 0 0

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smb.conf -
[global]
        workgroup = PENGUINIX
        hosts allow = 192.168.2.
        file = /var/log/samba/log.smb.%m
        time server = Yes
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        load printers = Yes
        printing = cups
        printcap name = cups

[homes]
        comment = Home directories
        writeable = Yes
        browseable = Yes

[%U]
        volume name = %U
        path = %H
        writeable = Yes
        preserve case = Yes
        hide dot files = Yes
        create mask = 0744
        directory mask = 0755

[devel]
        comment = Shares on gentoo - devel
        volume name = Devel
        path = /devel
        writeable = Yes
        preserve case = Yes
        hide dot files = Yes
        create mask = 0744
        directory mask = 0755

[sql]
        comment = Shares on gentoo - sql
        volume name = SQL
        path = /sql
        writeable = Yes
        preserve case = Yes
        hide dot files = Yes
        create mask = 0744
        directory mask = 0755

[printers]
        comment = All printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        browseable = No
        public = Yes
        guest ok = yes
        writable = no
        printable = yes
        printer admin = root

[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /etc/samba/drivers
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = no
        read only = yes
        write list = root

[epson]
        comment = Line printer
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = Yes




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