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in this thread SubjectRe: 2.1.79 + latest smbfs patch David
Burrows wrote:  > I just tried the above modification to
<linux/smb_mount.h>, recompiled > smbmnt, and lo and behold
everything now works perfectly.. F@#$@ glibc2.. > :P > How about
someone update the mount tools and maybe that include file with
> #ifdefs for glibc2 so nobody else has to go through that.. :)
Glad to hear you've got things working!  > Another thought, why
is there a smbmount and smbmnt.. it seems rather > pointless as
the only command smbmount supports is mount, which just calls >
smbmnt.. How about integrating smbmnt with smbmount like it
originally was > in 2.0.xx? Is this a feasable idea, I'm sure a
quick hack could be > whipped up.  I think they're separate
because the smbmnt utility needs setuid root. You want to
minimize what such utilities can do. Anyway, it's transparent to
the the user -- just install the binaries and things should work
(barring glibc problems, o