what is the diffrence between smbmount and smbmnt,Please answer me!Thanks!

[whepin]

what does [smbmount ???\\\\linuxserver\\test" -c 'mount /mnt/smbfs/test -u 500 -g 500' ]mean?why " \\\\."is used.
And what is smbmnt /smbfs/mnt/test -u 500 -g 500 -f 744 -d 744 .
" smbmnt is a helper application to used by the smbmount program to do the actual mounting of smb shares.smbmnt is meant to be installed setuid root so that normal users can mount their smb shares.I t checks whether the usrs has wtilre permissions on the mount point and then mounts the dlirctory. "what does this mean?

[ramesh_6]

Hi

I am attaching a document which will explain you the relationship between smbmount and smbmnt.

Hope this helps

Regds
Ramesh