SMB4k unable to mount shares

[C Hamel]

On Friday 24 February 2006 05:24, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (23/02/06 10:24), C Hamel wrote:
> > After installing Breezy I set things to allow logging in as root --both
> > on the VT & on the KDE desktop-- because sudo never allowed me to do
> > anything.  Now that I wish to try out smb4d to access an smbfs share, it
> > will not mount but comes back with the error, "smbmount is not suid root"
> > or some reasonable facsimile, thereof.  Consequently, I logged in as root
> > to change the permissions and was not allowed to do so _as_root_!  Is
> > there some user above root?? I don't think so!  What the...?
> >
> > BTW: sudo comes back with the error...
> > ~$ sudo apt-get update
> > sudo: unable to lookup kubuntu via gethostbyname()
> > ...and always has, which is why I changed the defaults when I installed.
>
> To my mind, Samba share browsing is a major issue in relation to Linux
> adoption.  I've tried smb4k and various other solutions with patchy
> results; I've had smb4k working for a while and then it won't write to
> shares.
>
> What I do is mount the shares in /etc/fstab; it is robust and reliable.
> But it means configuring each workstation.
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
>
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I thought as much, but wanted to make certain.  The absolute_best tool I've 
found is LinNeighborhood ...but, alas, it seems to be absent in kununtu: 
"Couldn't find package LinNeighborhood," says apt-get. :-\  So... I am using 
the fstab method, myself.  Thanks for the confirmation.
-- 
	...CH
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