CIFS

So just a quick note here since i struggled with mounting a samba share using cifs for a day or so

1) ipkg install kmod-cifs

2) ipkg install cifsmount

3) Now try and mount your samba share using one of the following syntax

  see http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount.cifs

mount.cifs {service} {mount-point} [-o options]

examples

mount -t cifs //SmbServer/share /tmp/mnt -o unc=\\\\SmbServer\\share,user=YY,pass=XX ,dom=workgroup

mount.cifs //SmbServer/share /mnt/somedir -o user=admin, password=xxx

mount.cifs //SmbServer/share /mnt/somedir

you will may get an errors like

'mount error 20 = Not a directory' '

or

'mount error: could not find target server. TCP name SmbServer/share not found rc = 4197056'

I found this in a thread on openwrt tried

echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled

I think this issue is NAS device dependent some NAS devices may have a better implemenation of the protocol

for 'mount error: could not find target server.'

use an IP adresss for the SmbServer,

add SmbServer to /etc/hosts

or spec an ip addr in the -o options

for 'mount error 20/22' I found this can be resolved entering the correct password

(dunno why cifs cant just re-prompt for passwd or error = xxx incorrect password /me should get motivated & fix it :( )

lastly there is no umount.cifs but it looks like busybox umount will un-mount a cifs share

Update 05/11/2008 you may also encounter

Mounting the DFS root for a particular server not implemented yet No ip address specified and hostname not found

This can occur if you forget the share path from the Smb Server eg

mount.cifs //SmbServer /mnt/somedir

mount.cifs //SmbServer\share /mnt/somedir