[ale] mounting SMB fs

[Gary S. Mackay]

If I follow you right, you are on the linux box and want to mount a share that
exists on a windows box? If that's correct, you can not use the 'mount'
command. You have to use the 'smbmount' command. Read the doc files for the
proper syntax for your version of samba.

- Gary

> Scott Warfield wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: Keith R. Watson [mailto:keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu]
>      Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:38 AM
>      To: magius at wittsend.com
>      Cc: ale at ale.org
>      Subject: Re: [ale] mounting SMB fs
> 
>      At 11:12 PM 11/16/99 -0800, you wrote:
>      >>>>
> 
>           <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Good evening
>           I'm trying to mount a Windows drive under my linux FS.
>           I'm trying to use Samba in order to do it. I've used the
>           command:
>           mount -t smb ////mysys//mydrive /windows
> 
>           Now as far as I can tell, it should work correctly,
>           except that "mysys" is a MASQ'd system behind my
>           firewall. the mount command attempts to look for "mysys"
>           out in internet land and replies with a timeout error.
>           I've thought to replace "mysys" with the MASQ'd IP
>           address, but I get in return:
>           Session request failed (131,130) with myname=MALAMBER
>           destname=10.1.1.1
>           Called name not present
>           Try to connect to another name (instead of 10.1.1.1)
>           You may find -I option useful for this
>           <?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
>           <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>I've tried using
>           the -I (specified IP address) option under mount, but I
>           get an option error.
> 
>           Does anyone have an idea on how I can get this to
>           happen?
>           <?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
>           <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Thanks
>           <?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
> 
>           <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param
>           0000,8080,ffff><?smaller>Scott M. Warfield
>           <?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param
>           Arial><?smaller>SGT, US Army
>           <?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
>           <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>"One of the joys of
>           travel is visiting new towns
>           and meeting new people"
>           --G. Khan
>           <?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
> 
>      <<<<
> 
>      Scott,
> 
>      > ////mysys/mydrive/windows
>      ^ ^ ^
>      machine share sub dir
> 
>      You can not mount subdirectories of an SMB share. The syntax must
>      be
> 
>      ////machine//share
> 
>      keith
>      -------------
>      [Scott Warfield] ,,,
> 
>      I realize that you can't mount an SMB subdir....  the syntax of
>      the command is [host]/[share] [mount point]   ////mysys//mydrive
>      /mountpoint.....
> 
> 
>      Keith R. Watson GTRI/AIST
>      Computer Services Specialist IV Georgia Institute of Technology
>      keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332-0816
>      404-894-0836

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