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

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Feb 8 2007 18:58, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
>Shirish S Pargaonkar wrote:
>> 
>> So
>> 1) try tcp  connection on  445,
>>     then if it works send SMB negprot
>> 2) else try tcp connection on port 139
>>     then if it works send nbss request to *SMBSERVER or to the name
>> specified on servernetbiosname
>>     (cifs really should do an ASTAT command and list the valid names and
>> find one if that approach fails but we don't have code for this yet)
>
>This is all correct, and also note that W/9x systems do not support the
>"*SMBSERVER" name.
>
>On the other hand, the name was resolved somehow.  The typical work-arounds
>to not knowning the NBT name of the server are:
>1) Use the name you just resolved (in this case, "CL0").
>2) Send a Node Status Query and look for the first unique <20> name.

I'd just do this:

 (1) try 445/tcp
 (2) try 139/tcp
 (3) try 139/tcp with uppercase hostname (mount //hostname/share) as
     default servernetbiosname



Jan
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