John wrote: > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 08:02 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:52 AM, John <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 09:30 -0500, Barry Brimer wrote: >>> >>> > > Anyone see anything wrong with the configuration? I also read the How To >>> > > on the Wiki and no luck on doing the auto.smb.top and auto.smb.sub >>> > > configuration? Any ideas what maybe going on? Thanks in advance for any >>> > > help on this. >>> >> Is the wiki howto you are referring to is this? >> >> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares >> > > Correct > >>> Mar 21 10:01:33 ethan automount[30874]: open_mount: (mount):cannot open >>> mount module cifs (/usr/lib/autofs/mount_cifs.so: cannot open shared >>> object file: No such file or directory) >>> >>> Bu the way, there is no "module_cifs.so" in /usr/lib/autofs and package >>> autofs does not have it any more?? Why is it looking for it? I suspect >>> that's why AutoMount want mount the file system from the server?? >>> >> Did you really read the above wiki and follow the instructions >> precisely as they are written? For example, the error you mentioned >> here is touched upon in the wiki: >> >> "[Note: Upon automounting, you may see an error mount_cifs.so: cannot >> open shared object file in /var/log/messages. This is harmless and can >> be safely ignored.]" >> > > Yes I read about it, (the error). Any other pointers you can give on it? > Auto mount that is. I searched various How Tos on the net and every > config I use will not work. Also server and client can be accesed by > physical name and ip address. > > One other thought; would Samba Server producing a "Err can't stat > directory as a file" have anything to do with it. > > Server Version is: samba-3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 on Server > Client Version is: samba-client-3.0.23c-2.el5.2.0.2 on Client > Client Autofs is: autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.3 on Client > > why are you using Samba, an implementation of the Microsoft Windows native file sharing, on a Unix to Unix connection, instead of the Unix native NFS ?