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dotancohen
Asked: 2012-12-27 10:33:44 +0800 CST

How do I install smbmount?

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It seems that smbmount is not available in Kubuntu 12.10:

 - neptune():~$ smbmount //192.168.0.100/ samba/ -o rw
smbmount: command not found
 - neptune():~$ apt-file search smbmount
manpages-zh: /usr/share/man/zh_CN/man8/smbmount.8.gz
manpages-zh: /usr/share/man/zh_TW/man8/smbmount.8.gz
 - neptune():~$ aptitude search smbmount
 - neptune():~$

Furthermore, I cannot seem to use smbfs to mount:

 - neptune():~$ sudo mount -t smbfs //192.168.0.100/ samba/ -o rw
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'
 - neptune():~$ aptitude search smbfs
 - neptune():~$

Any ideas how to continue?

samba

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    smbmount has been deprecated in favor of mount.cifs. I want to say "since at least 2008" but I can't find a reference.

    Here's the accompanying manpage. You would use these parameters instead: 

     sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.100/ samba/ -o rw

    You might also need to install the cifs-utils Install cifs-utils package.

    ......

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