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From: Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com>
To: KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] samba vs. cifs
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 21:18:41
Message-Id: 20100505211749.GA11883@genestate.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] samba vs. cifs by KH
1 On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:42:09PM +0200, KH wrote:
2 > Hi List,
3 >
4 > I just ran in a problem:
5 >
6 > net-fs/mount-cifs ("net-fs/mount-cifs" is blocking net-fs/samba-3.4.6)
7 >
8 > Somba is pulled in by the samba use-flag. The PC only is "client" to a
9 > server running samba. Do I need samba for this anymore? More specific
10 > (don't want to hear "moo"): Will I be able to mount a samba partition
11 > without setting the samba use flag and after unmerging samba?
12 >
13 > Regards
14 > kh
15
16 I just enable cifs in the kernel and install the mount-cifs script. That lets me mount
17 remote shares with no trouble at all.
18
19 HTH
20
21 Matt