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Re: [opensuse] smbmount failed??
- From: Paul Abrahams <abrahams@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:14:54 -0400
- Message-id: <200703132014.55113.abrahams@xxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:12 am, James D. Parra wrote:
>
> I'm connecting to our windows' shares using names instead IP addresses
> using cifs and not experiencing any problems (Suse 9.1 -10.0).
>
> What is it that can't be done using cifs? One thing I noticed that I prefer
> using cifs over smbfs is if the windows box is rebooted, the cifs mount
> recovers while the smbfs mounts would timeout and become unmountable.
I have hostnames on my LAN that smbfs can resolve but cifs cannot. The
answer "use a fixed IP address" is not very satisfying if you're running
fully dynamic DHCP. And to say "don't use fully dynamic DHCP" is to have
the tail wagging the dog.
Paul
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>
> I'm connecting to our windows' shares using names instead IP addresses
> using cifs and not experiencing any problems (Suse 9.1 -10.0).
>
> What is it that can't be done using cifs? One thing I noticed that I prefer
> using cifs over smbfs is if the windows box is rebooted, the cifs mount
> recovers while the smbfs mounts would timeout and become unmountable.
I have hostnames on my LAN that smbfs can resolve but cifs cannot. The
answer "use a fixed IP address" is not very satisfying if you're running
fully dynamic DHCP. And to say "don't use fully dynamic DHCP" is to have
the tail wagging the dog.
Paul
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