> > I once had a problem with smb shares mounted on a Linux box disconnecting > > after a certain length of time. my (hackish, but functional) solution, was > > a cron job to do an 'ls' on the Windows share every few minutes (redirected > > to /dev/null). > > Why not just use an automounter? would you belive, because I hadn't fathomed that a thing such as an automounter should exist, let along *did* exist? ;> Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700