[sclug] Problem with mounting an smb system: smbclient works; mount doesn't

[James Wyper]

--- David Given <dg at cowlark.com> wrote:


> 
> Oh, gods. SMB. What a pile of shite.

so I like a challenge?

> 
> Herewith is the secret to making SMB work properly, particularly with
> smbmount: goat blood, dead chickens (*not* the kind with a pully
> inside), and
> selling your soul to whoever seems handy.
> 

no goats available and the nearest substitute (the cat) ran away

> 
> Incidentally, exactly what wrong is reported to the kernel log; if
> mount
> fails, try:
> 
> 	dmesg | tail -10
> 
>
> 
this WAS helpful - thanks.  turned out I needed to use username= not
user=  and smbfs3 instead of smbfs

thanks again,
James


	
	
		
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