Whither smbmount?

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#1

openSuse v11.1

What has replaced “smbmount”?

I have been slogging through the samba installation learning how to access resources on a remote server. I went to mount a drive with smbmount only to find that the application does not exist in the current installation.

~> smbclient --version
Version 3.2.7-11.3.2-2154-SUSE-CODE11

#2

On Tue August 18 2009 11:06 pm, jimoe666 wrote:

>
> openSuse v11.1
>
> What has replaced “smbmount”?
>
> I have been slogging through the samba installation learning how to
> access resources on a remote server. I went to mount a drive with
> smbmount only to find that the application does not exist in the current
> installation.
>
> ~> smbclient --version
> Version 3.2.7-11.3.2-2154-SUSE-CODE11
>
>
jimoe66;
try:
mount.cifs

see: man mount.cifs for the details.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

#3

>try:
>mount.cifs

…/mount.cifs …
mount error(112): Host is down

The server is an old os/2 system. It probably does not support CIFS. smbclient has no problem accessing the server.

What is an alternative to mount.cifs or smbmount that would mount the resource?

#4

openSUSE v11.1 will mount using cifs:

mount -t cifs -o username=abc,password=xyz //192.168.44.100/share /path_to/mount

FFI: Samba: HowTo Mount a CIFS Network Share [AKA Map Network Drive] in openSUSE 10 & 11 plus FAQs

#5

Filling with the locally appropriate data:

mount -t cifs -o username=abc,password=xyz //192.168.44.100/share /path_to/mount

yields:
mount error(112): Host is down

#6

Can you browse to the share from this computer using Nautilus or Konqueror?
What do you get when you run this command: smbtree -N ?

#7

Can you browse to the share from this computer using Nautilus or Konqueror?

I do not know what you are asking. Using the “My Computer” link I can view the “Network Services” which has a pseudo-protocol of “remote:/”. I can then list all of the servers which has the “smb://” protocol. From there I can select and access a share on the target server, <sma-server1>.

I can list the shares on the server using <smbclient -L //sma-server1>, and access a share using <smbclient //sma-server1/pub-data -A …>.

What do you get when you run this command: smbtree -N?

sma-server1 is the host I am trying access.

~> smbtree -N
WORKGROUP
SOHNEN-MOE
    \\SMASTN1
        \\SMASTN1\ADMIN$                Remote Admin
        \\SMASTN1\IPC$                  Remote IPC
    \\SMA-STATION2
    \\SMA-SERVER1
anonymous failed session setup with NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
#8

What kind of server is sma-server1

What access / authorisation is required there?

Have you installed cifs (probably that’s a “yes”)?

#9

What kind of server is sma-server1?

os/2 server v4.52 (MCP)

What access / authorisation is required there?

Username and Password.

Have you installed cifs (probably that’s a “yes”)?

Yes. Unlike smbfs it came as part of the kernel.

#10

Have you installed cifs-mount?

#11

Have you installed cifs-mount?

Yes, the cifs-mount is installed.

#12

I have no further ideas. Hopefully your duplicate thread will yield better results.

#13

The following command mounts the remote shares:

mount -t cifs //server-name/pub-data /t-drv -o username=ABC,password=XYZ,sec=lanman

“sec=lanman” is the required option.

#14

As I said in the other thread: bravo!

I’ve added this to my tutorial:

FAQ: Attaching to legacy servers (OS/2, Windows 98/Me: I have not tried these. I am just reporting them for you. Older servers require a few extra options in the mount strings. You appear to need the security option sec=lanman in mounts for OS/2 and Windows 98/ME servers. And it seems you need the server-name option as well for 98/ME servers (servern=netbios_name)
Does that bout sum it up, or is there more?

#15

Does that 'bout sum it up, or is there more?

Yes, there is more. Both the “servern” and “sec” options are required. I had dropped the servern option since it seemed to work without it, but after a reboot is was required again. Note that the servern value must be capitalized. The “nocase” option makes navigating a case-insensitive filesystem like in os/2 much easier.

Here is a complete /etc/fstab entry (text is no doubt wrapped):

//sma-server1/pub-data /t-drv cifs credentials=/home/user/.smb/.smbpw,uid=uuserid,gid=guserid,sec=lanman,file_mode=0664,dir_mode=0775,servern=SMA-SERVER1,nocase   
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#16

Many thanks. I have added the information into the FAQ list in this tutorial:
Samba: HowTo Mount a CIFS Network Share [AKA Map Network Drive] in openSUSE 10 & 11 plus FAQs