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From: Grant on 2 Apr 2010 20:37
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:58:38 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 2010-04-02, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 04/02/2010 01:36 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> On 2010-04-02, Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> On 04/02/2010 12:35 PM, Douglas Mayne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> man smbclient
>>>>
>>>> But, can I do it without mounting the share. I want to do it on the
>>>> fly.
>>>
>>> Here's a novel idea:
>>>
>>> Two people have told you you can use smbclient to do what you want,
>>> so go read the documentation on smbclient.
>>
>> CIFS use to not work with smbclient.
>
>Isn't CIFS just Microsoft's latest re-branding of the SMB protocol?

It's a bit more involved. Linux smbfs is no longer maintained, cifs
is. That's the reason for using cifs these days.

Grant. :)
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From: Grant Edwards on 2 Apr 2010 21:33
On 2010-04-03, Grant <omg(a)grrr.id.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:58:38 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 2010-04-02, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>> On 04/02/2010 01:36 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>> On 2010-04-02, Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 04/02/2010 12:35 PM, Douglas Mayne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> man smbclient
>>>>>
>>>>> But, can I do it without mounting the share. I want to do it on the
>>>>> fly.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a novel idea:
>>>>
>>>> Two people have told you you can use smbclient to do what you want,
>>>> so go read the documentation on smbclient.
>>>
>>> CIFS use to not work with smbclient.

I'm afraid I still don't understand the meaning of that last sentence.

Are there certain Microsfot CIFS/SMB servers that won't work with
smbclient?

>>Isn't CIFS just Microsoft's latest re-branding of the SMB protocol?
>
> It's a bit more involved.

OK, I'm willing to read. Where can I find out the difference between
CIFS and SMB? Wikipedia says they're the same thing:

In computer networking, Server Message Block (SMB, also known as
Common Internet File System, CIFS) operates as an application-layer
network protocol[1] mainly used to provide shared access to files,
printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between
nodes on a network.

Microsoft says that CIFS is a particular version of SMB:

The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing
protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as
Microsoft SMB Protocol. The set of message packets that defines a
particular version of the protocol is called a dialect. The Common
Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol is a dialect of SMB.

> Linux smbfs is no longer maintained, cifs is. That's the reason for
> using cifs these days.

I thought that smbfs was one particular implementation of SMB/CIFS for
Linux -- one that's been replaced by a newer implementation.

--
Grant


From: Stan Bischof on 2 Apr 2010 21:39
Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>
> CIFS use to not work with smbclient. But it looks like it does now.

Umm-- just what exactly did smbclient work with if it didn't
work with CIFS??

Stan
From: Todd on 2 Apr 2010 21:58
On 04/02/2010 06:39 PM, Stan Bischof wrote:
> Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>> CIFS use to not work with smbclient. But it looks like it does now.
>
> Umm-- just what exactly did smbclient work with if it didn't
> work with CIFS??
>
> Stan

Hi Stan,

It was years ago and CentOS (Old-Out-Of-Date). So, I
am not quite sure. Its my recollection.

-T
From: Grant Edwards on 2 Apr 2010 22:50
On 2010-04-03, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
> On 04/02/2010 06:39 PM, Stan Bischof wrote:
>> Todd<todd(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> CIFS use to not work with smbclient. But it looks like it does now.
>>
>> Umm-- just what exactly did smbclient work with if it didn't
>> work with CIFS??
>>
>> Stan
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> It was years ago and CentOS (Old-Out-Of-Date). So, I
> am not quite sure. Its my recollection.

I don't think you understand what we're asking you.

_What_ is your recollection?

_What_ exactly didn't work?

We don't understand what you mean by: "CIFS use to not work with
smbclient."

CIFS the new name for the SMB protocol. To me, your statement is
equivalent to "SMB use to not work with smbclient" or "TCP used to not
work with telnet".

What we're trying to figure out is what you meant.

--
Grant

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