cannot mount shared folder with cifs

emedlin · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 16

My kernel is compiled with CIFS support built in. SMB file system support is not compiled in or as a module, I don't need it for cifs do I? When I type mount -t cifs //192.168.0.104/TV /mnt/movies, It asked the password which is not set, so I just hit enter. Then it says mount error: cifs filesytem not supported by the system. Which system? The gentoo box doing the mounting or the XP Home box being mounted. I pretty sure the windows machine is correct because it mounts using cifs from my powerbook. So, how do I fix this? This seems to be an uncommon error message, or one that most people figure out without asking a guess. But, it has me stumped.

emedlin · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 16

Does anyone have any suggestions to try? Samba doesn't need to be running to do this correct? I still get the same error with it running.

emedlin · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 16

Well I recompiled my kernel with smbfs support built in and tried to mount it with -t smbfs. No luck I got smbfs filesytem not supported by the kernel. Cifs and smbfs are compiled in. I don't understand how it cannot be supported. I am using kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r6.
Here is the network file systems part of my kernel config:
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_V4 is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=y
# CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_EXPORTFS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
# CONFIG_RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 is not set
# CONFIG_RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
# CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT is not set
CONFIG_CIFS=y
# CONFIG_CIFS_STATS is not set
# CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR is not set
# CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA _FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set

emedlin · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 16

I got it working by compiling cifs support as a module. Why does this work when compiled in didn't? I had the same problem with my pci ide controller card see here.