[Samba] getlmhostsent: ill formed hosts line

Mike Kordik Mike at kordik.net
Thu Jul 22 03:16:55 GMT 2004


When I try to mount a Windows XP share I get this error:

getlmhostsent: Ill formed hosts line [<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<] 
getlmhostsent: Ill formed hosts line [<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<] 
getlmhostsent: Ill formed hosts line [<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<]

I am running kernel: Linux 2.6.8-rc2-love1

Samba: 3.0.4

I am running the command: mount /home/wendy/documents

My fstab entry is: 
\\home-xpp\wendy  /home/wendy/documents  smbfs 
user,fmask=777,uid=1000,dmask=777,gid=100,username=mike,noauto  0  0


The mount actually works but I get the above error. Sometimes when I try
to browse it using nautilus, nautilus locks up (that could be a nautilus
problem).

What does the error mean and how do I get rid of it?

Thx



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