I am unable to connect to a shared drive on an NT machine from my linux box (RH9.0).
I see this error mentioned numerous times in this fourm, but I didn't find any solutions to my problem.

With both these commands:

smbmount //NTmachinename/sharedFolder /mnt/NTshare -o username=myusername,password=*****

smbclient -U myusername //NTmachinename/sharedFolder <password>

i get the error:
Connection to NTmachinename failed.

I know the user name and password are good because I have mapped a network drive on another windows machine to the NT shared drive.

Any ideas of what to look for?
Could the filewall on my linux box be a problem?

Hi allelopath,

firewall is one thing, the other is the crappy name resolution by broadcasts (if you don't have a DNS Server). Try using the NT boxes IP instead of the name, or add a line to /etc/hosts
your.nt.boxes.ip NTmachinename
that could do the trick.

HTH, Peter

Thanks, Peter, but i just realized my problem...have to VPN in first.
duh

You're welcome.