smbfs not in the kernel

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

On 13.02.2006 14:20, John Pearson wrote:

>>I believe smbfs has been dropped in favour of cifs, since smbfs is not
>>maintained anymore.
>>    
>>
>Huh?  See:
>
>http://us4.samba.org/samba/news/#3.0.21b
>

http://us4.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.21b.html

(search for cifs,  a lot of hits, eg.)

Release Notes for Samba 3.0.21    Dec 20, 2005

[...]
o Complete NTLMv2 support by consolidating authentication mechanism used 
at the CIFS and RPC layers.

(search for smbfs, 1 hit)

Release Notes for Samba 3.0.3    April 29, 2004
[...]

* Fix smbfs problem with Tree Disconnect issued before smbfs starts its work.

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shrek-m