---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [Samba] samba mounting files Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:14 +0100 From: David Morel <david.morel@amakuru.net> To: assistance@ids-ug.com Cc: Samba Mailing List <samba@lists.samba.org> Le ven 19/03/2004 ? 09:21, geralds a ?crit :> Hi > whenever i try to mount a samba share which is a samba server i get an > error message that says "smbmnt must be installed suid root for direct > mounts(500, 500) smbmnt failed1" > > On that note i tried to run "smbmount" as root but this did't work out. i > also tried to run smbmnt as root, up to now my problem was not solved. > > Anybody there who can help please?.................................................................................................................................................>Not without proper error messages. smbmount is the proper way to go; >what options did you pass it, and what errors did you get ?-- *********************************************** I tired "smbmount <username>" where <username> stands for the username. Ten i get a message that says "could not resolve mount point". But also i think this has to be automatic in a way that when a user mounts a share it automatically mounts provided the username and the password are valid. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks Rgds, Segie