On (02/02/06 16:52), Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi, > > >smbmount and smbclient from sid (both i386 and amd64) seem to fail to > >connect to our local samba server (running sarge, iirc). > > > >smbmount //server/share mnt_point > >gives me > >4748: Connection to server failed > >SMB connection failed > > > >surprisingly the number changes every time this command is issued. > > > >smbclient //server/share > >just prints > >SMB connection failed > > > >i am sure it worked some time ago. i checked bugs.debian.org, but didn't > >find anything appropriate... it seems that there might be some conflict > >between the samba version on the server and on my box (?). when i try to > >mount the share on the sid amd64 box, it works fine... > it seems that the samba from sid cannot talk to the server running sarge > (but i don't have any clue why) since downgrading smbfs to version > 3.0.14-a3_sarge solved the problem...
smbfs 3.0.21a-4 works fine here (on sid amd64) However, I'm using cifs which is the latest implementation of windows sharing. I've got the cifs module installed and in /etc/fstab: //<server>/<share> /smb/<share> cifs //credentials=/home/<user>/.smb_pass,uid=<user>,gid=<group>,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770 //0 0 Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
