Persistent Samba Share

[Urban Widmark]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Wolf, Jonah wrote:

> We are using SMBMOUNT version  2.0.5 to connect a Red Hat linux box to an NT
> share. 
> The mount keeps dropping. Any recommendations on keeping the mount up 24x7? 
> Are there any programs or existing scripts to facilitate this process? 

There are a few things you could try.

* Upgrade to smbmount from the 2.0.7 samba package.

* Upgrade your linux kernel to 2.2.18-pre15 (or pre17 but there should be
  no difference regarding this problem).

* Apply this patch to the pre17 sources before compiling:
http://www.hojdpunkten.ac.se/054/samba/smbfs-2.2.18-pre15-max_xmit-3.patch

/Urban