Why doesn't smbmount work?

[Eduardo Diaz Uriarte]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Eduardo Diaz Uriarte wrote:
> 
> > #mount -t smbfs -o username=eduardo //obelix/Data /mnt
> > Password:
> > tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.)
> > SMB connection failed
> > mount: backgrounding "//OBELIX/Data"
> > Password:
> > tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.)
> > SMB connection failed
> > 
> > I have followed DIAGNOSIS.txt and everything goes right, and I have
> > compiled smbfs support in the kernel.
> 
> 'mount -t smbfs' has trouble asking for a password on the prompt it tries
> to display. Does it work any better if you run smbmount directly or if
> you give a password=something on the commandline?
> 
> /Urban

Well, in fact, not. I have the same problem whenever I try either with 'mount -t smbfs' or 'smbmount'. And I
have tried with other users, other passwords, and with and without password. No way.

The only difference between 'mount' and 'smbmount' is that the error messages doesn't appear duplicated with
smbmount, ie:

smbmount:
tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.) SMB connection failed

mount -t smbfs:
tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.)
SMB connection failed
mount: backgrounding "//obelix/"
Password:
tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.)
SMB connection failed

If this makes some difference tell me.

Thanks.