smbfs not compiled into the kernel

[archer75]

When I try to mount a windows drive on the network via LinNeighborhood it says the kernel does not support the smbfs. I checked the kernel and sure enough, it was not compiled in. So I recompiled the kernel and rebooted the machine and I still get them error. I checked the kernel again to verify it was compiled in and it was.
How do I fix this?

[digitalnick]

maybe try emergeing samba

[archer75]

I tried emerging samba again. When it was done I rebooted, same errors.

[puddpunk]

are you sure you updated your kernel correctly?

make sure u mount your /boot partition before u copy your kernel from the /usr/src dir to your /boot

[gatos]

which kernel option exactly is enabled in your Kernel-config file?
after that, smbd and nmbd is up?
Did you try a smbmount by shell cmd?

[zoomtard]

grep SMB /usr/src/linux/.config

Output like:
CONFIG_SMB_FS=x
Should appear. X is either Y(yes) N(no) or M(module)

If you compiled it as a module, make sure the module is loaded either at startup using /etc/modules.autoload or while the machine is running by running modprobe smbfs (i think that's the right name of the module)

emerge samba again just for sh*ts and giggles...besides, there's a new version in the portage collection anyway

/etc/init.d/samba start
make sure smbd is running, nmbd is only useful to resolve netBIOS names but it's a package deal IIRC. If it won't start correctly, kill off any smbd and nmbd processes and try again.

Also, are you providing a username and password when mounting the shared dir? try mount -t smbfs -o username=xxxxx,password=xxxxx,rw //winderz/share /mnt/

username meaning a username on the shared machine that has access to the shared dir

[Delphiki]

Isn't smbd only necessary for serving files? I can connect to a smbfs using the mount command without having samba running (unfortunately I can't actually mount the drive due to problems with authenticating yet).
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Excellent..

[archer75]

[archer75]

[puddpunk]

are you absolutely sure you copied your kernel to a MOUNTED boot partition instead of the filesystems placeholder!?

[archer75]