[Samba] Failed to find real path for mount point
Christopher Barry
cbarry at infiniconsys.com
Mon Oct 28 12:07:01 GMT 2002
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 06:24, Michael Wisse wrote:
> 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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did you try
smbmount //filer/homes -o username=$USER
I know that typing \\server\homes in the run box produces my home dir,
but have not tried mounting it.
Good luck.
C
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