[KLUG Members] smbmount questions

[Richard Zimmerman]

First fix my typo..

>> Also, you will have to issue a mount for EACH instance that it is
mounted.

   That should read Also, you have to issue a umount for EACH instance that
is mounted!

> If I have a local directory with files in it, and I smbmount with that
directory
> as the mounting point, I don't see that I have -any- access to them.  I
did it
> by accident once and thought I lost the files.  Upon smbumount-ing I saw
they
> were still there.  What (or where) is they're status while the share is
mounted?

   Someone who knows more about the innards on Linux can probably provide a
better technical answer then I can but the short answer is, when you mount
over a live directory (one with files in it) Linux simply "reroutes" that
mount to the location you have specified and "replaces it" when you umount
it. The origional files are there, just not assesible AFAIK. Yes, I've made
the same mistake in the past and it is quite scary when your not expecting
it to happen.

   Richard


Richard Zimmerman                                     richard@knbpower.com
System Administrator
K&B Transport, Inc.
Elkhart, Indiana                          Advanced SKYWARN weather spotter

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