Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hugh Lawson wrote, on 31/03/08 00:06: > > 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? > > I set up my router to assign IP addresses based on the MAC addresses > of the machines, having tried a few other ideas and not succeeded. One > could also assign static IPs to the machines. > > Arthur.
Thanks Arthur. I didn't know about cifs. -- Hugh Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
