I confirm this behaviour - in Edgy, don't have a Dapper to check - when mount as fs type 'cifs'. But it works using 'smbfs'. As I still used fs type 'smbfs' I didn't notice any problem, until now when I tested for this bug now.
=== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /home/serge/Network/SERGE/ mount error 13 = Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) # changing back to smbfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vi /etc/fstab [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /home/serge/Network/SERGE/ === Server is a Debian Sarge default Samba daemon. I'm not sure to what the difference is with smbfs & cifs. Serge -- Serge van Ginderachter http://www.vanginderachter.be/ On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871) -- argument "credentials=..." doesn't work any more in fstab https://launchpad.net/bugs/48997 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs