[Samba] Failed to find real path for mount point

Michael Wisse mwisse at hs-harz.de
Mon Oct 28 11:25:01 GMT 2002


Yes, I tried it with the same result.

Michael
> >
> > I try to mount an smb share with:
> > 	smbmount //filer/$USER ~/filer -o username=$USER
> >
> > and I get following error message:
> > 	"Failed to find real path for mount point"
> >
> > What does it mean? The mount point is accessible and the owner of the
> > mount point is USER.
> >
> > Whith an earlier version of samba I can mount the share with this
> > command.
> >
> > Regards and thank for advice.
> > Please cc an  answer directly to my adress, I am not a member of the
> > list.
> >
> > Michael Wisse
>
> Have you tried it with an explicit path name for the mount location instead
> of the tilde?
>
> Just a guess.
> mark




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