samba help

tuxy

just trying to mount a windows share on a linux box and get this error

INFO: Debug class all level = 1 (pid 2709 from pid 2709)
2709: session request to 192.168.1.1 failed (Called name not present)
2709: session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)

anyone know what might be wrong

niallb

What did you type in?

tuxy

mount -t smbfs -o username=linux,password=testy //192.168.1.1/hdd2 /tmp/hdd2

BenH

What version of Samba/smbclient are you using and of course whats the windows box running and has anyone run any fixes on it recently?

maxheadroom

Originally posted by tuxx
mount -t smbfs -o username=linux,password=testy //192.168.1.1/hdd2 /tmp/hdd2

shouldnt that be \\\\192.168.1.1\\hdd2 ?

niallb

OK,
the windows machine doesn't like being called by it's IP address - it's not it's netbios name. That's all it's really objecting to for now.

What's the machine called?
set up its name in /etc/samba/lmhosts
You can also check it's availability using
smbclient -L $netbiosname -I 192.168.1.1
(You should get a password prompt.)
This command will list the available shares.

Are you certain the share named hdd2 is set up in /etc/samba/smb.conf?
Are you sure you're not just using the local name of the disk partition?

Can you login on the windows box with the username linux and the poassword testy?

Have a try like this. (smbmount and mount -t smbfs take different numbers of slashes. You have the right number for smbmount.)

Use the smbmount command rather than mount with the type smb.

smbmount //netbiosname/sharename /tmp/hdd2

should get things sorted, though going through the above checks first will make life easier.

Good luck,
if it doesn't work, post straight back.

NiallB

tuxy

monut didnt work
but smbmount did so never mind its working