Problem accessing WinXP share from samba2.2.1a box

[Dennis K Grow]

Daniel-Olivier Simard wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I installed the samba2.2.1a (with rpm --force) over samba2.0.7 because I
> was unable to uninstall 2.0.7 with rpm -e. When I want to access a
> shared drive on my WinXP box I received this message:
>
> invalid option -- o
>
> usage: smbmnt mount-point [options]
> -s share       share name on server
> -r             mount read-only
> -u uid         mount as uid
> -g gid         mount as gid
> -f mask        permission mask for files
> -d mask        permission mask for directories
> -h             print this help text
> smbmnt failed: 255
>
> My command line is:
>
> mount -t smbfs -o username=myuser //DOSPCXP/WinXP /disk/pcdos/WinXP
>
> I am able to join the samba domain and access all the samba drives from
> my WinXP box. Also I am able to list the share of the WinXP box with
> smbclient -L
>
> What is my problem ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel-Olivier Simard
> Tel.: (514) 748-4920
> Email: dos at videotron.ca
> ICQ: 21602125

Do this instead:

smbmount //DOSPCXP/WinXP /disk/pcdos/WinXP -o
username=myuser,password=<password>

see:  man smbmount

Dennis

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