[linux-cifs-client] SMB support still missing?

[Matt Woodson]

Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Jan,
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>> as of kernel 2.6.20-rc7, cifs still cannot mount Windows 98 despite the 
>> source code containing traces that believe it could. (Existence of 
>> cifssmb.c) If so, what is wrong with mounting?
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>> sk0# mount -t cifs //cl0/c /mnt/0
>> Password: (leave blank)
>>  CIFS VFS: No response for cmd 114 mid 1
>>  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
>> mount error 112 = Host is down
>> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
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> IIRC mount.cifs won't do netbios name resolution for you.
> Use the ip= option to define the IP address.  The Win98 support
> is for the netbios session layer IIRC.  This worked last time
> I checked.
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> cheers, jerry
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Jan,

Can you see more information if you use the --verbose with the mount -t 
cifs option?  I was seeing something similar a few weeks back when 
trying to mount a share that shouldn't have required authentication.  
mount -t smbfs was working.  From wireshark, and higher log level 
settings in samba, it appears that smbfs will attempt a username first, 
if that's unsuccessful, it will send a null user.  I couldn't get cifs 
to send a null user.  Supposedly user= is supposed to work, but I was 
unable to make it work.  sec=none is supposed to disable the error 
messages you see in dmesg.

The --verbose option would verify that cifs wasn't sending a null user, 
just a username that wasn't needed.   I am still waiting for a reply to 
see if anyone else has seen anything similar.  Just curious what your's 
showed.

Just a thought,

Woody