samba - Sep 2006 - Re: smbmount hangs Linux if Windows server goes down

I know this is an old thread but I have been struggling with this same 
issue for a while now and was wondering if there was any resolution.

On 9/19/06, doug.beasley@skyworksinc.com <doug.beasley@skyworksinc.com>
wrote:
> I know this is an old thread but I have been struggling with this same
> issue for a while now and was wondering if there was any resolution.
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the cifs module handles such situations gracefully in recent kernels.

smbfs has been deprecated for some time now, but I still find it
amazing how many people have not heard of it.  They need to run a
marketing campaign, or something.

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Noah Dain
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