On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 12:01, Bob Koss wrote: > > I attempt to mount my win98 box known as thinkpad-wired on my linux box: > > bear:~# mount -t smbfs //thinkpad-wired/E /mnt/thinkpad-winblows > session request to THINKPAD-WIRED failed > session request to *SMBSERVER failed > SMB connection failed > bear:~# > > > thinkpad-wireless is in /etc/hosts and the /mnt/thinkpad-winblows directory > exists. This has worked in the past. > > Logs are either not showing anything useful, or I don't know where to look: > > bear:~# tail /var/log/smb > > [2001/09/17 12:38:31, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641) > smbd version 2.0.7 started. > Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 > [2001/09/17 12:38:31, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216) > file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are > available. > bear:~#
Can you even get a listing of shares from thinkpad-wired (or is it -wireless, you call it two things in the above email?) Perhaps the windows machine needs to have file and print sharing installed or enabled? --mike
