RE: [opensuse] The smbfs/cifs fiasco in 10.2
What is the current thinking on the smbfs/cifs fiasco in 10.2? Like many other people, when I try to use smbmount I get the message: suillus:~ # smbmount //lactarius/ext-backup mnt Password: ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page smbmnt failed: 255 smbmount worked just fine in previous releases. Some research told me that I should be using cifs instead, and I got this (from a root shell): suillus:~ # mount.cifs //lactarius/dext-backup.mnt mount error: could not find target server. TCP name lactarius/ext-backup not found No ip address specified and hostname not found ~~~~ Try the following; mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,workgroup=yourdomain //windowsbox/sharename /mnt/yourmountname You'll be prompted for a password. ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 02 March 2007 4:32 pm, James D. Parra wrote:
Try the following;
mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,workgroup=yourdomain //windowsbox/sharename /mnt/yourmountname
You'll be prompted for a password.
Here's what I got: suillus:~ # mount -t cifs -o username=pwa,workgroup=deerfield //lactarius/ext-backup mnt mount error: could not find target server. TCP name lactarius/ext-backup not found No ip address specified and hostname not found The first and second lines are really one. Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:22:39PM -0500, Paul Abrahams wrote:
On Friday 02 March 2007 4:32 pm, James D. Parra wrote:
Try the following;
mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,workgroup=yourdomain //windowsbox/sharename /mnt/yourmountname
You'll be prompted for a password.
Here's what I got:
suillus:~ # mount -t cifs -o username=pwa,workgroup=deerfield //lactarius/ext-backup mnt mount error: could not find target server. TCP name lactarius/ext-backup not found No ip address specified and hostname not found
The first and second lines are really one.
nslookup lactarius Perhaps just the hostname cannot be looked up using DNS? Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 02 March 2007 5:23 pm, Marcus Meissner wrote:
nslookup lactarius
Perhaps just the hostname cannot be looked up using DNS?
Yes, that's the immediate cause of the problem, but I don't know a simple cure for it since I'm using DHCP for the IP addresses of my local net. And it shouldn't be a problem anyway since (a) it wasn't a problem in 10.1, and (b) Konqueror has no trouble finding the lactarius host using the smb: protocol. Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 02 March 2007 15:29, Paul Abrahams wrote:
On Friday 02 March 2007 5:23 pm, Marcus Meissner wrote:
nslookup lactarius
Perhaps just the hostname cannot be looked up using DNS?
Yes, that's the immediate cause of the problem, but I don't know a simple cure for it since I'm using DHCP for the IP addresses of my local net. And it shouldn't be a problem anyway since (a) it wasn't a problem in 10.1, and (b) Konqueror has no trouble finding the lactarius host using the smb: protocol.
Paul, If I understand you correctly, `ping lactarius' does not work on your machine. Does `ping lactarius.complete.domain.name' work? If so, do you have 'complete.domain.name' listed in the domain search list. YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Card -> then edit card and select Hostname and Name Server It might help... -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Don Raboud
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James D. Parra
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Marcus Meissner
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Paul Abrahams