samba - Mar 2004 - mount.smbfs hangs while trying to connect to dead server.

Hi all,

I have an automount setup.  when some app tries to access a remote smb server 
which is unreachable (but the network exists), the mount.smbfs that tries to 
mount the fs basically never times out causing the app to hang.

Is there a connect timeout option somewhere that can unlock this hang ?

W