Hi, I am searching smbmount command on centOS 5. On, CENTOS 4.4, I used it as follows to backup data to a window PC. I want to do it on CentOS 5 now. mount -t smbfs -o ip=192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily I can not issue such command on centos 5. When I try , It gives below error. [root at mail ~]# mount -t smbfs -o ip=192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs' help needed. -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070629/cbfb6a55/attachment.html>
Quoting Indunil Jayasooriya <indunil75 at gmail.com>:> I am searching smbmount command on centOS 5. > > On, CENTOS 4.4, I used it as follows to backup data to a window PC. I want > to do it on CentOS 5 now. > > mount -t smbfs -o ip=192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret > //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily > > I can not issue such command on centos 5. When I try , It gives below > error. > > [root at mail ~]# mount -t smbfs -o > ip=192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret > //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily > mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'yum install samba-client -- Steven Haigh Email: netwiz at crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9017 0597 - 0404 087 474 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
On 6/28/07, Indunil Jayasooriya <indunil75 at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I am searching smbmount command on centOS 5. > > On, CENTOS 4.4, I used it as follows to backup data to a window PC. I want > to do it on CentOS 5 now. > > mount -t smbfs -o ip> 192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret > //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily > > I can not issue such command on centos 5. When I try , It gives below > error. > > [root at mail ~]# mount -t smbfs -o > ip=192.168.5.225,username=mailbackup,password=secret > //server/mail_backups /mnt/maildaily > mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs' > > help needed.smbfs has been depreciated. See this wiki for mounting Windows shares: http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares Akemi