[linux-cifs-client] Re: CIFS on Debian Stable

[Agostino Russo]

Update

If I do not use mount.cifs (renaming to something else) then the `mount 
-t cifs` command works as expected. Do I really need mount.cifs? Is it 
worth updagrading libc6?



> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to get Cifs to work on Debian stable (possibly without 
> ending up into testing/unstable).
> 
> CURRENT SITUATION:
> 
> I get the following error with mount.cifs apparently requiring a newer 
> libc version (I am on libc6 2.2.5-11.5).
> 
> deb:penguin:~# mount.cifs
> mount.cifs: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by 
> mount.cifs)
> 
> WHAT I DID SO FAR:
> 
> I added the following backport sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> #BACKPORTS
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable samba
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable kernel-2.6
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable util-linux
> 
> Using which I installed kernel 2.6.6 (which I understand includes CIFS 
> support), samba 3.0.4, mount 2.12-4, and misc...
> 
> I then copied mount.cifs from 
> http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/mount.cifs into /sbin and 
> chmodded to 700
> 
> WHAT TO DO NOW ????
> 
> I believe (I might be wrong though) that backporting libc might not be a 
> good idea considering the number of packages that depend on it... What 
> do you suggest?
> 
> Thanks
>