Linux --> NT mount problem

[Chris Odgers]

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NT servers usually don't respond to session requests when queried via
their fqdn (which isn't usually the same as their netbios name.)

I don't know how you'd do it via fstab, but I have success connecting
to offsite NT servers using the syntax:

smbclient //netbios-target-name/sharename -U user%password -I
dest.ip.add.ress

i'm 99% sure that smbmount, at least in some revisions, supports this
syntax.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnshaw, Mike [mailto:earnshawm at wa.switch.aust.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:37 PM
> To: Samba (E-mail)
> Subject: Linux --> NT mount problem
> 
> 
> G'day
> 
> I am trying to connect to an NT server that is in a different 
> network to
> mine. I can do this via native NT if I supply the correct
> credentials. The aim is to allow access to this NT resource from a
> Linux 
> mount point
> to people who do not have NT on their desktops but Win9x. I have
> permission to access the NT share and using Linux permissions 
> I want to
> give select users access also.
> 
> I have Samba 2.0.5a. I added the following to my /etc/fstab ...
> 
> //<FQDN>/<sharename>  /mnt/projects  smbfs
> auto,suid,uid=500,gid=500,workgroup=***,username=***,password=*** 0
> 0  
> 
> (where *** is replaced with relevant details). Then ...
> 
> [root at datasrv /root]# mount /mnt/projects
> [root at datasrv /root]# Unknown parameter encountered: "domain 
> controller"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "domain controller"
> Added interface ip=10.0.1.6 bcast=10.0.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> session request to PROJECTS.<PART OF FQDN> failed
> session request to *SMBSERVER failed
> smbmount: login failed
> Could not umount /mnt/projects: Device or resource busy
> smbmount: exit
> 
> Yet if I try the same syntax of /etc/fstab with a local NT 
> server I get
> a lot closer to a solution. I thought this may have been a
> broadcast kind of issue across routers, but it worked OK from
> within NT and the two NT domains are *not* trusted, but have
> separate user accounts in each.
> 
> Any guidance appreciated. Thanks.
> 
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