Re: smbmount

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From: Michael Dwyer
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00

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vishwanath parakala <vishu@cs.colostate.edu> wrote:
:  tried using smbmount .... but my linux box exists in another domain
:  SO the netbios name is not sufficient ...
:  So I tried <host>.cs.colostate.edu

:  But it says server name too long .. even with the -s and -I options
:  ANy ideas on how I could mount an "out of domain" dir.?

Use the /etc/hosts file to make an alias to a shorter name.

#hosts file
bach	bach.cs.colostate.edu

$ smbmount //bach/homes /mnt/samba -Umyname

It is a guess, at least.  There is also an LMHosts file somewhere
if I recall correctly...

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