[linux-cifs-client] cifs: mount error 20 = Not a directory, while it works with smbclient

[Chris G]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:53:14AM +0100, Andreas Hegyi wrote:
>
>> Sounds like my problem with a Freecom network drive (which is an SMB
>> server).
>>
>> Try the following (as root) on your Linux client:-
>>
>>     modprobe cifs
>>     echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
>>     mount /mountPoint
>>
>> Where /mountPoint goes with an entry in /etc/fstab like:-
>>
>>     //winmachine/share          /mountPoint                cifs   
>> noauto,user,password="" 0 0
>>
>>
>> You can of course put the full mount.cifs command on the command line
>>   
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but it gives me the same error.

In that case you'll have to wait for someone with more knowledge about
the internal workings of mount.cifs I'm afraid.  I was only repeating
a "this worked for me when I got that error"!  :-)

-- 
Chris Green