[Gllug] samba meets win 2003

[Stephen Harker]

Sean Burlington wrote:
> Ian Northeast wrote:
>> //server/tech_serv    /mnt/tech_serv          smbfs 
>> noauto,username=domainusername,workgroup=domainname,uid=500,gid=500,umask=002 
>>     0 0
>>
>> Then I just "mount /mnt/tech_serv" and provide my domain password at 
>> the prompt.
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> that works fine for me to mount shares on win 95 98 NT and XP(I think)
> 
> it just doesn't work for win 2003 :-(
> 
> something is wrong and it could be the windows server but I'm a bit lost 
> as to where I should start looking.
> 
> I am running smbfs 3+ (debian sarge) so I think this should work
> 
> There are no messages in any logs that seem at all relevant.

Have you tried using 'cifs' instead of 'smbfs' as the filesystem type 
when mounting? I have never got smbfs to work on a 2003 server but cifs 
works fine. You may need a 2.6 kernel or a patched 2.4 one.

Steve
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