Benjamin Smith wrote: >Trying to keep this alive - I'm up against a wall here! > >I can use smbclient and not only see files, but actually download them (with >get) but I can't mount said Windows share locally to a drive - I universally >get a "permission denied" error. > >1) I've tried mounting via a line in fstab. > >2) I've tried smbmount with every option I could find. > >3) I've tried using mount with every option I could find. > >How could it work in smbclient with the same credentials, but not as an smb >mount? Is there something about how the Linux localhost is being announced, >perhaps? > >-Ben > >On Thursday 02 February 2006 18:45, Benjamin Smith 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: >> >>smbmount //server/sharename /mnt/servername -o \ >>credentials=/path/to/credentials,ro >> >>I've also tried an alternate format: >> >>mount -t smbfs -o username=USERNAME //server/sharename /mnt/servername >> >>Same results both ways. I found a CentOS forum where somebody had problems >>with the RPM package, but retrograding to the package(s) he recommends >> >> >didn't > > >>change anything. >> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2307 >> >>I'm running the latest samba-client & samba-common on CentOS 4.2. SELinux is >>in warn mode. Here's the /var/log/messages when I mount: >> >>Feb 2 19:42:16 sol kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev smbfs, type smbfs), >> >> >uses > > >>genfs_contexts >>Feb 2 19:42:16 sol kernel: smb_retry: no connection process >>Feb 2 19:42:46 sol kernel: smb_add_request: request [c554bee0, mid=0] timed >>out! >>Feb 2 19:42:46 sol kernel: smb_delete_inode: could not close inode 2 >>Feb 2 19:42:46 sol kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev smbfs, type smbfs), >> >> >uses > > >>genfs_contexts >>Feb 2 19:42:46 sol mount.smbfs[21755]: [2006/02/02 19:42:46, 0] >>client/smbmount.c:send_fs_socket(410) >>Feb 2 19:42:46 sol mount.smbfs[21755]: mount.smbfs: entering daemon mode >>for service \\heliodorite.sunset.net\iissites, pid=21755 >> >>Running with debug=8 didn't provide much that was helpful. Any ideas where >> >> >to > > >>go from here? >> >>-Ben >>-- >>"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." >>- XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978 >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS at centos.org >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. >> >> >> > > > Did you add the smbuser? smbpasswd -a John