smbmount question

[Urban Widmark]

On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Jason B. Kau wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Linux 2.2.2 w/ Samba 2.0.2, using the smbmount that comes with 
> Samba 2.0.2.  I noticed that when I mount shares, smbmount sticks around,
> almost like a daemon:
> 
> [root at jason /root]# smbmount //XXXX.gatech.edu/XXXX$ "XXXXXX" -U jkau
> -c "mount /mnt/cnd" < /dev/null > /tmp/smbmount.out
> [root at jason /root]# ps ax | grep smbmount
> 10678  ?  S    0:00 /usr/bin/smbmount //XXXX.gatech.edu/XXXX$ XXXXXX
> [root at jason /root]#
> 

Yes, it is a daemon. It reconnects when the server disconnects you (after
a certain time). Why it isn't a kernel thread? (like kmod)
I have no idea ...

/Urban

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