Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The smbfs package, which depends on samba-common includes the > mount.cifs binary: [ snip ] > The format of the /etc/fstab entry changed, requiring the IP address > of the remote system rather than just the NetBIOS name: > > # old format, should all be on one line: > #//chocolate/chocolatec /chocolatec smbfs > rw,guest,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset > =utf8,codepage=cp850 0 0 > > # new format, should all be on one line: > //10.0.0.2/chocolatec /chocolatec cifs > rw,guest,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=ut > f8 0 0 On my very small home network, the Windows computer gets its IP address from a router by dhcp. How to get this IP for the remote Linux /etc/fstab file? Can this be automated? -- Hugh Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
