Problem mounting SAMBA please help

nokia3310 · 05-02-2013, 02:09 AM

I am trying to mount SAMBA/CIFS and am having problem same way am having problems with mounting NFS ( http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...lp-4175460355/ )...i guess am just an unlucky guy

cat /etc/samba/smb.conf

Code:

[samba]
	comment = Samba
        path = /home/vm1/Desktop/samba
        writable = yes
        public = yes

findsmb

Code:

                               *=DMB
                                +=LMB
IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME     WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.1.34    VM1            [MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.6.9-151.el6]

mount -v -t cifs -o username=BUSARI,password=dadon4u //home/vm1/Desktop/samba /home/vm1/Desktop/samba-mount

Code:

mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=67.63.55.3,unc=\\home\vm1,,ver=1,user=BUSARI,prefixpath=Desktop/samba,pass=********

and then it hangs!!!

i have to press ctrl+c to cancel it and nothing gets mounted
now i went to dmesg

dmesg | tail

Code:

ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts
Registering the dns_resolver key type
Slow work thread pool: Starting up
Slow work thread pool: Ready
CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -512
CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -113

ofcourse ports for Samba and Samba Client are both turned on in system-config-firewall

Also

service smb status

Code:

smbd (pid  2039) is running...

service nmb status

Code:

nmbd (pid  2031) is running...

What am i doing wrong here?

PierreB. · 05-02-2013, 03:49 AM

Hi,

Dunno it it helps but i discovered some times ago that the syntax to mount samba shares has changed (i cannot remember when or which version...) but this gives me hard times... You seem to use the syntax that causes me problems, so i show you what was the syntax i used that did not work and the new one :

Code:

## Old Bad syntax
sudo mount -t cifs -o uid=${UTILISATEUR},gid=GROUP_NAME,username=${UTILISATEUR},workgroup=WORKGROUP_NAME //windows.domain.com/smb_share /mount_point

## New working syntax
sudo mount -t cifs //windows.domain.com/smb_share /mount_point -o username=${UTILISATEUR}

Hope this helps.

jitendra.sharma · 05-02-2013, 04:13 AM

Try this: -

@@@ CIFS(windows) share mount in linux @@@

[root@test ~]# mount -t cifs -o username=administrator,password=123 //172.16.0.25/downloads /mnt

nokia3310 · 05-02-2013, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PierreB.

Hi,

Dunno it it helps but i discovered some times ago that the syntax to mount samba shares has changed (i cannot remember when or which version...) but this gives me hard times... You seem to use the syntax that causes me problems, so i show you what was the syntax i used that did not work and the new one :

Code:

## Old Bad syntax
sudo mount -t cifs -o uid=${UTILISATEUR},gid=GROUP_NAME,username=${UTILISATEUR},workgroup=WORKGROUP_NAME //windows.domain.com/smb_share /mount_point

## New working syntax
sudo mount -t cifs //windows.domain.com/smb_share /mount_point -o username=${UTILISATEUR}

Hope this helps.

Here is what i have with the new syntax

Code:

[root@vm2 ~]# mount -t cifs //192.168.1.34:/home/vm1/Desktop/samba /home/vm1/Desktop/samba-mount -o username=BUSARI
mount error: could not resolve address for 192.168.1.34:: Unknown error

---------- Post added 05-02-13 at 09:56 AM ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by jitendra.sharma

Try this: -

@@@ CIFS(windows) share mount in linux @@@

[root@test ~]# mount -t cifs -o username=administrator,password=123 //172.16.0.25/downloads /mnt

did you see the reply above yours?

PierreB. · 05-03-2013, 03:28 AM

Hi,

There is an error in your syntax :

Code:

//192.168.1.34:/

The error is the colon ":", i am sure you mixed some Linux syntax to UNC syntax...

Also i am quite sure you don't need to use the absolute path for the samba share, only the shared folder name is required :
e.g : For a shared folder named : exported_DIR on a server named : SERVER, you have something like :

Code:

//SERVER/exported_DIR

Try again without the colon and let's see what's happening...

nokia3310 · 05-03-2013, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PierreB.

Hi,

There is an error in your syntax :

Code:

//192.168.1.34:/

The error is the colon ":", i am sure you mixed some Linux syntax to UNC syntax...

Also i am quite sure you don't need to use the absolute path for the samba share, only the shared folder name is required :
e.g : For a shared folder named : exported_DIR on a server named : SERVER, you have something like :

Code:

//SERVER/exported_DIR

Try again without the colon and let's see what's happening...

Yes i am now able to mount samba but another problem exists where it is not mounting after reboot even after fstab entry

see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...lp-4175460510/

PierreB. · 05-03-2013, 03:50 AM

Ok, good news for your samba share, let's see what's next.

By the way, you can mark this thread as [SOLVED] and even push the answer that gave you the solution up using the " Did you find this post helpful? Yes " link at the bottom right of each answers.