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Mounting a SMB Share, what is the best command?

JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
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I'm reviewing to take Linux+ in the next few weeks.

I've discovered that there are two ways to mount a Samba share:
smbmount //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername, password=mywindowspassword 

smbount -t smbfs //servname/sharename/mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername, password=mywindowspassword

The second one is using -t flag to set the smb file system. So them seem to me that they do the same thing, correct?
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    JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
    Found the answer:

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    Mounting the Share

To mount an smbfs share from a Linux workstation at the command line, you can use either the smbmount command or use mount -t smbfs. Both command will work the same. When you use mount -t smbfs, the mount program actually passes the command over to smbmount for execution. Throughout this document I'll use smbmount instead of mount -t smbfs.

An example would look like this:

smbmount //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername,password=mywindowspassword

The mount equivelant is:

mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername,password=mywindowspassword

    Believe the smbmount -t smbfs is incorrect in the example that I am studying...

    thanks
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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    When in doubt, check the man pages: smbmount

    It appears that that's a typo. Do you have the errata for the book you're using?
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