Hi, I encouter the problem of mount directory from Windows by using mount.smbfs command, my command is

mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>, password=<passwd> //<ip address>/<mount point> /<mount point>

after the command issue then it shows me message as 4588: Session request to <ip address> failed (called name not present)
then cursor keep on blinking and no command prompt return but I terminate it by using Ctrl + C then command prompt return. I check the mount table, it is mounted.

I wonder know what is the problem here? Anyone here got the same problem with me? Because I put the command to startup script , it cause booting hang up on the mounting
samba. What can I optimize it? Please advice....

Can you actually access the files once it mounts ?

WRT the startup script, it's worth considering using autofs for this instead - you have to plan for the possibility that the Windows system will be off-line.

Hi Hob, the Windows system is always on (checked) and I can access the directory once it mounted. I tried to touch a files and even transfer 2 Gb files to it, there is no problem. By the way, what is autofs? How do I use it? Please advice..

It sounds like a name resolution problem, so it's probably worth checking DNS and WINS.

Autofs automatically mounts a device or remote share when the local mount point is accessed in anyway.

You create a file in /etc/ called auto.share (or similar) and put something like this in it:

# A shared directory on a Windows server holding some home directories.
# This will be accessible as /nethome/winhome/
winhome -fstype=smbfs ://server1/fileshare

(you'll probably want some more options in as well).

Then edit /etc/auto.master and add:

/nethome /etc/auto.share

Then restart the autofs service.

You'll see a new directory called /nethome has appeared. Whenever somebody accesses /nethome autofs will check auto.share. The line in auto.share says to mount the fileshare whenever somebody tried to access /nethome/winhome. Auto.share could actually be a script rather than a fixed set of options - check /etc/auto.net for an example.

Autofs automatically unmounts shares that haven't been used for more than five minutes. So you won't risk hanging the boot process, and will only have live connections to the Windows server when they are needed.