if rebooting the puter is a solution to samba problem then perhaps a restart of samba is enough? try
/etc/init.d/samba Usage: /etc/init.d/samba {start|stop|restart} HTH Ari Sigurðsson -----Original Message----- From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: 2. september 1999 20:30 Subject: smbumount doesn't >I can smbmount-2-2.x a WinNT share to a local mountpoint without any >problem. But at night, our NT administrator has a script running that >logs off everyone that is connected to the NT box, so that the NT's >backup program will run without running into "File open" errors. > >When I get back in the office the next day my mountpoint no longer works >(because I've been kicked off by the NT admin), so I try to remount it, >and the mountpoint can't be resolved. So I try to smbumount (unmount) >it, and again, the mountpoint can't be resolved. I can't do anything >with the directory/mount point until I reboot the computer. > >Surely there's a better way to clear the smbfsx glitch than to reboot >the system? > >Yes, I could smbumount the share before I get kicked off, provided I >remember to, but I would think there's a more elegant solution. > >Thanks for any help! > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >