Finding cifs-utils for RHEL 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cannot locate the package cifs-utils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
  • No utility to mount CIFS shares is installed.
  • Error "Unknown filesystem type CIFS" is returned when attempting to mount CIFS shares.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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