[mythtv-users] How do you point to a remote folder

[Nick Rout]

>

> >
> > Have you tried mounting from the command line? It may give you some
> > useful feedback
> >
> > mount -t cifs //possum/MusicFilms /mnt/MusicFilms
> >
> >> >This gives the following error message:
> >
> >> >mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> //possum/MusicFilms,
> >
> > missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> >
> > (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
> >
> > need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
> >
> > In some cases useful info is found in syslog – try dmesg | tail or so
> >
>
>
I think you may need to install smbfs:

sudo aptitude install smbfs


> This attempt to mount doesn't provide any of the security data that you
> were trying to pass through your fstab line.  If it's a security problem
> the response is often - probably deliberately - unhelpful.
>
>
no it will usually ask for a password


> About your fstab line:  do you need write permission?
>
> Is anthony a good uid?  Shouldn't it be 500?  Do you need a gid? Where
> did the masks and noauto come from?  I don't see them in the ubuntu page
> I suggested earlier that you said you had tried to follow - but I found
> it pretty opaque in patches, too.
>
> This really looks like a problem for the ubuntu lists - although there
> are many people with buntu experience here it's a buntu problem.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John P
>
>
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