Re: [CentOS] Unable to mount SMB drive

On 2/2/06, Benjamin Smith lists@benjamindsmith.com wrote:

I have a Windows Server 2003 system I'm trying to back up to a Linux host.

when I access the share with smbclient, I can "see" the files (`ls` returns a list of files, etc)

smbclient -U shareuser //server/sharename password

But, when I try to actually mount the drive, I get "permission denied" errors trying to access the drive. (EG: using `df`) Running the following command takes about 10 seconds:

Have you checked the permissions and user accessibility? Is selinux active on the system?

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