[linux-cifs-client] Re: Cannot mount LANServer network storage device.

[Stephen Berryman]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 18:02 +1000, Stephen Berryman wrote:
> Hi
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> When I attempt to mount a shared directory from my new network storage
> device, I get the following
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> Mounts OK from Windows XP and 2000.
> 
> Can't mount from Linux
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux tru64.local 2.6.23.17-88.fc7 #1 SMP Thu May 15 00:02:29 EDT 2008
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> $ sudo mount -t cifs -o
> username=usersname,password=xxxxxx //192.168.88.2/users_space /mnt/users_space --verbose
> Password:
> parsing options: rw,username=usersname,password=xxxxxx
> 
> mount.cifs kernel mount options unc=//192.168.88.2\users_space,
> ip=192.168.88.2,ver=1,rw,username=usersname,password=xxxxxx
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> Appears to work most times but then
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> $ ll /mnt/users_space
> ls: cannot open directory /mnt/users_space: Not a directory
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> That is the target directory cannot be read!!
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> I first tried this using smb4k with the same result.
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> Often I get a failure of the mount command with
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> mount error 20 = Not a directory
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
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> Same happens on
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> Linux p3000.local 2.6.23.17-88.fc7 #1 SMP Thu May 15 00:35:10 EDT 2008
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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> so its not a x86_64 problem.
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> I had to use protocol=RAP to browse in smb4k
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> Hope you can help
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> regards
> 
> 
> Stephen
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> 

More testing.

I can mount XP, Linux Samba, Win98, Win2000, shares without a problem.

I can mount the device using an old version of ubuntu using smbfs
instead of cifs.

I can access files on the device using Nautilus in Fedora 7 and 9 but
this does mount it.


Clearly cifs does not do everything that the previous samba client did.

I suspect the NAS device may have an old version of the smb protocol but
it is only cifs that has a problem with it.

I have found using google that this problem reported many times with
other NAS devices but my search found no solutions.


Again can you help?