DUH -- question is about smbfs package not smbclient... Hi list
I have a question about the smbclient package. What does it provide that isn't provided by SMB FS support in the kernel? I currently run a 2.6.15.4 kernel and am about to build myself a 2.6.17.7 kernel from kernel.org (using make-kpkg). I plan shortly to buy myself some NAS and use it with both Debian and WinXP. I'm assuming at this point that I'll be buying a NAS solution that uses SMB. Everything else other than the kernel on my system is from the sarge distribution. I may go to testing in the near future but haven't decided to. My question is this: given that the recent kernels have SMB FS support available in them, what is the purpose of the Debian smbfs package? Is this a question of distro-clash ie is this something that used to be needed but isn't needed on the most up-to-the-minute kernels? Or is smbfs providing something that the kernel doesn't? Thanks Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
