smbmount is (i believe) simply an alias for "mount -t smbfs". So you should use one or the other, but not both. Try this: smbmount //imageserver/.... (the rest of your command) --- TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org wrote: Sam, > > Thanks for the help. This list is great! (Actually it's the people who > give their time to help newb's like me that are great!!) > > I tried your suggestion. I got an error message that said "could not > resolve mount point -t". I created a directory under /mnt named "ir". > The command line I used for the mount was: > > "smbmount mount -t smbfs //imageserver/images$ /mnt/ir -o > username=larryp,password=xxxxxxxx" (where xxxxxxxx was the password for > larryp on the Windows server) > > It looks to me like it didn't recognize the "smbfs" as a valid file > system. Could it be that that is not installed on this Linux server? I > thought it would be installed as part of Samba. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks again > > Larry > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list