smbmount vs. smbclient

[Kristian Hermansen]

On 3/12/07, jbk <jbk at mail2.gis.net> wrote:
> I think smbmount has been depricated for mount -t cifs
> //host/share /mountpoint. I don't have XP but I use this
> command on my ms2000 host.

Yeah, you may need to exchange 'smbfs' and 'cifs' with different
versions of Windows shares and SMB packages.  I have never figured out
exactly why.  Additionally, if you don't have to use SMB -- DON'T!!!
NFS is up to 10x faster than SMB.  In conclusion, SMB (as a protocol)
sucks...
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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