Enable smbfs on RHEL5

[Krautkramer, John]

Thank you for the help and the background info! My previous system was
RedHat 9.0 which had the smbfs module installed by default.

Regards,

John

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[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Barry
Brimer
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:54 PM
To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: Enable smbfs on RHEL5

>>> I need to enable the smbfs on my RHEL5 system. The result of
"modprobe
>>> smbfs" is "FATAL: Module smbfs not found.". I'd assume this means
the
>>> kernel module for smbfs is not on my system. How do I get the
module?
>>
>> smbfs is being replaced by cifs.  man mount.cifs for more info.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Barry

> I wouldn't say smbfs is being replaced by cifs. You can still enable
smbfs, it
> has just not loaded by default due to security concerns. The default
method
> is to continue to use cifs (which has been around).

I believe this will set the record straight.

<http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_103_11811.shtm>

Barry

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