Need Help with Slackware

[twofoolish2b]

Hello everyone, I need some help with Samba in Slackware 7.1. I have Samba working and I can use SWAT and see the Linux shares from my Windows 2000 box. The problem is that when I try to mount the Windows shares I get this message:

ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel.

I tried mounting the shares like this:
smbmount //computername/shares /mnt/windows -o username=SomeName

My question is that if SMBFS is not supported by the kernel then how am I viewing my Linux shares from Windows?

[ph34r]

Viewing the shares is different that actually mounting and using them.

You need smbfs support, either as a module or built in to your kernel.

[twofoolish2b]

Thanks for the help, but how do I add the SMBFS? Do I have recompile my kernel? I know how to compile a kernel but how do I add that module or support?

[EscapeCharacter]

yes you need to compile the kernel it is in the filesystems section of the kernel config

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I like source it never *****es about dependencies
--Escchr 2000

[skweegie]

heh, hopefully i'm not too late...

stock slack kernel has smbfs already compiled in as a module. so try this:

as root,
~/$ telinit 1 (should always go to single user for system updates or upgrades)

~/$ modprobe smbfs

~/$ telinit 3 (go back to multiuser)

also, for the long term, uncomment the line:
# /sbin/modprobe smbfs

in your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
for when you reboot...

1 minute and all should be gravy...

[twofoolish2b]

Thanks skweegie, you the man! It worked like a charm. I’ll have to write that one in my little notebook.

Thanks...