smbfs mount error

[Urban Widmark]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 jordi.valverde at bcn.concatel.com wrote:

> There is any way to have this mounts mounted all the time?
> The screen of that server leave an output like this:
> 
> smb_request: result: -32, setting invalid
> and, smb_retry: signal failed, error=-3

Upgrading your samba to 2.2.x should improve this (but you don't say which
kernel you use, if <2.2.18 you need to upgrade that too). The idea is that
smbmount should reconnect when/if the server disconnects.

Another trick is to run something (script, cronjob) that keeps accessing
the mount every 5 minutes or so, making the NT not disconnect because the
share isn't idle.

/Urban