Description of Problem: I am trying to automount a samba share, but I get the following error in /var/log/messages: parse(sun): entry key is a multipath entry Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): autofs-3.1.7-14 How Reproducible: Setup an automount in /etc/auto.misc: key -fstype=smbfs,ip=server.ip.nr,password=PW //service/share and do: ls /misc/films Additional Information: I am able to mount the share with mount like this: mount -t smbfs -o ip=server.ip.nr,password=PW //service/share tmp , where tmp is just a random empty directory. I am connection to a windows 98 pc.
I forgot to write that I found this link to a hack to the autofs source that would allow automount of samba shares. This is a very old hack, but maybe it avoided the attention it needed? http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9709.3/0380.html regards, Bernhard
I just patched autofs-3.1.7-21 with the hack provided at the URL and now my samba automount works just great.
I had the same problem with Red-Hat 7.2 and autofs 3.1.7-21. A workaround was to create the symlink: ln -s /usr/sbin/smbmnt /bin/smbmnt Perhaps a better fix can be done be resetting the appropriate path in SAMBA and/or AUTOMOUNT.
Created attachment 91891 [details] The error message when trying to execute rc.local with mount -t smbfs in Red Hat 9 Mount of local windows shares fails on at least one mount point. The error message displayed in the console san be found in the attachment. This problem is new, and it did not occured in previous versions.
Created attachment 91892 [details] The error message when trying to execute rc.local with mount -t smbfs in Red Hat 9 Mount of windows shares fails on at least one mount point. The error message displayed in the console san be found in the attachment. This problem is new, and it did not occured in previous versions.
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.