[Tfug] Mounting smbfs

[Josh Miller]

This isn't a problem, it's an annoyance and a curiosity.

I want to mount an smb share on my linux box.
At the command line, I can do "$smbmnt //server/share ... etc" and it
works fine, but I want to enter "$mount /mnt/smb", which is a little
quicker, so i put an entry in fstab:

//server/share /mnt/smb  smbfs  noauto,user      0 0

Now when I enter "$mount /mnt/smb", I am asked for the password and the
volume is mounted, but the command doesn't finish and return to the
shell prompt.  i.e. it seems to hang and I have to hit ctl-c to get the
prompt back.

Any ideas?

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Josh Miller <jmiller at larson-usa.com>
The Larson Company