[linux-cifs-client] Re: cifs needing netbios

[Steven French]

>> I have this samba 3.x server that runs on port 445 (only).
>> I can't mount that with the cifs module since somehow cifs needs the
>> netbios services.
>
> Sorry! I was unclear, i was watching a tcpdump log, and 
> it shows that it's accessing port 137, and that's UDP.

cifs vfs (e.g, mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt) does not use port 137, 
in fact it doesn't use any UDP port.

Off the top of my head I can't think of any cases in which smbfs (mount -t 
smbfs ) needs port 137 either.  I usually run my samba servers with nmbd 
off, only running smbd so port 137 is clearly not required.


Steve French
Senior Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - IBM Austin
phone: 512-838-2294
email: sfrench at-sign us dot ibm dot com
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