[ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 15/07/10 07:36, Bob Giles wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I always work on the theory that most problems are caused by the lowest
> common denominator .... Me! However, this time I am not so sure.

Any errors reported in, for example, /var/log/syslog or /var/log/samba/...?

My first thought was a timing issue, i.e. the cifs kernel module isn't 
loading quickly enough. I'm not sure if this is the right avenue at all 
but one I would try and check.

Have you changed anything (updated s/w) on either system recently? For 
example I recently upgraded my home server to 10.04 and a change to the 
samba stack stopped my Wife's WindowsXP VM (just for iTunes) working, 
but didn't affect anything else. It only required a minor change 
(forcing Samba to be a WINS server) but just to illustrate a point.

There are few pointers here that might help too: 
http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesystems/Mounting_smbfs_Shares_Permanently.html

HTH

Al

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