On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to the docs at > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Samba#Using_CIFS, > the following command should work: > > mount -t cifs //<windows machine name>/<shared folder> /<mountpoint> \ > -o > "username=<user>,uid=<uid>,iocharset=cp850,dir_mode=0770,file_mode=660" > > That doesn't work for me. I get this error: > > mount -t cifs //sidewinder/temp_xfer /mnt/tmp -o [...] > mount error: improperly formatted UNC name. /sidewinder/temp_xfer does not > begin with \\ or // > mount error 22 = Invalid argument > > mount.cifs works fine. The only way I can get mount to work is > to use backslashes for the UNC path. When support for > forward-slahses in UNC paths get broken? > > -- > Grant > > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > This error is actually described in the gentoo-wiki page just under that command example: '*Warning:* Recent versions of "mount" don't support forward slashes in UNC path names as shown above -- you must use backslashes.' However, forward slashes are working for me with samba 3.0.28 and util-linux 2.13-r2. ~RK
