[SATLUG] samba mount

[Vern Davis]

On 2/26/07, Geoff <geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu> wrote:
> In an effort to maximize hard drive space, I mounted (from the Linux
> server) a shared drive on my LAN in a Windows XP system, via samba.
>
> The command was "mount -t smbfs //computer-name/share-name
> /path/to/mount/to"
>
> Not a problem.
>
> Problem with the winders machine, or an update, a power failure or
> -something- that makes it require a reboot now means that the mount is
> still active in the Linux system, and NOTHING I have tried so far, will
> kill that process.

<Hassan Chop!>

> Now what?
>
> Trying the process over again, only results in the same ... uh.. results.
>
> *snort*
> Damn thing!
>

Restart smbd?

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