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Old 02-21-2005, 12:45 AM   #1
suguname
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samba help


Hi,
i am mandrake 10.0 have a problem with samba,the error is


[staff@Simlab-node5 staff]$ su
Password:
[root@Simlab-node5 staff]# smbmount //workgroup/sambaserver /home/staff/mnt/remote/ -o username=staff
7468: Connection to workgroup failed
SMB connection failed
[root@Simlab-node5 staff]#

what is the wrong in this? what should i edit? need ur help ..
 
Old 02-21-2005, 10:58 AM   #2
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Quote:
smbmount //workgroup/sambaserver /home/staff/mnt/remote/ -o username=staff
try...

smbmount //sambaserver/share /home/staff/mnt/remote/ -o username=staff,workgroup=workgroup

smbmount can be replaced by mount -t smbfs

lemme know if that helps...
 
  


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