Can't mount a windows drive to linux cloud box (EC2 instance)

jnith · 07-26-2018, 04:19 AM

Hi all,
I'm trying to mount a shared windows drive in the linux cloud box using this command.

Code:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=jnith,uid=jnith,gid=amazon //FILEUW2ADEPT17.ant.amazon.com/HS3C_SERP_SERP /mnt/

And I'm getting the following error:

Code:

Password: 
mount error(112): Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

When I used dmegs to check the logs, I'm seeing this error:

Code:

[   35.380864] xenbus_probe_frontend: Timeout connecting to device: device/vfb/0 (local state 3, remote state 1)
[   35.669337] EXT4-fs (xvda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[   35.869323] EXT4-fs (xvda1): resizing filesystem from 2621432 to 20971512 blocks
[   35.993808] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   36.072570] EXT4-fs (xvda1): resized filesystem to 20971512
[   36.260689] ixgbevf 0000:00:03.0: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps
[   36.261704] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   36.269826] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[509658.831699] Key type cifs.spnego registered
[509658.835350] Unable to determine destination address.
[510262.426409] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[510802.507264] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[510978.140645] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514266.718777] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514656.103943] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514721.395119] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[518377.321297] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112

Can anyone tell me how to mount this drive to the cloud box (or) can you give any alternative for this ?

TB0ne · 07-26-2018, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnith

Hi all,
I'm trying to mount a shared windows drive in the linux cloud box using this command.

Code:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=jnith,uid=jnith,gid=amazon //FILEUW2ADEPT17.ant.amazon.com/HS3C_SERP_SERP /mnt/

And I'm getting the following error:

Code:

Password: 
mount error(112): Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

When I used dmegs to check the logs, I'm seeing this error:

Code:

[   35.380864] xenbus_probe_frontend: Timeout connecting to device: device/vfb/0 (local state 3, remote state 1)
[   35.669337] EXT4-fs (xvda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[   35.869323] EXT4-fs (xvda1): resizing filesystem from 2621432 to 20971512 blocks
[   35.993808] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   36.072570] EXT4-fs (xvda1): resized filesystem to 20971512
[   36.260689] ixgbevf 0000:00:03.0: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps
[   36.261704] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   36.269826] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[509658.831699] Key type cifs.spnego registered
[509658.835350] Unable to determine destination address.
[510262.426409] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[510802.507264] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[510978.140645] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514266.718777] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514656.103943] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[514721.395119] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
[518377.321297] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112

Can anyone tell me how to mount this drive to the cloud box (or) can you give any alternative for this ?

I bolded a line above for emphasis only; did you see that?? It's not finding the host/address, and is clearly telling you that the host can't be found. So, either there's no route to that host, or a firewall/network security is preventing the mount.

Could also be a cifs version mismatch error. But since you're using Amazon for all this, their tech support can assist.

jefro · 07-26-2018, 01:06 PM

Do you have a GRE tunnel to that instance?