remote win2k shares

[Marcel Kunath]

Yeah the workgroup solved it.

Here is an explanation why one needs the workgroup and another one doesn't.

<quote>

NTWeb5 is a domain controller, AISDept is not.  Machines that are not domain
controllers house their own security (SAM) database.

</quote>

mk

> > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001,
Marcel Kunath wrote: >
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID //ntweb5.ais.msu.edu/web /temp
> >
> >     does work.
>
> Maybe they allow access to anyone ...
>
>
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID //aisdept.ais.msu.edu/myuserID /temp
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID //aisdept.ais.msu.edu/myuserID$ /temp
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID //aisdept.ais.msu.edu/users/myuserID /te
mp
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID //aisdept.ais.msu.edu/users/myuserID$ /t
emp
> >
> >     all fail to work.
>
> I think you need to escape the $, but I could be wrong. Something like:
> //aisdept.ais.msu.edu/myuserID\$ /temp
>
> Try the workgroup option.
>     mount -t smbfs -o username=myuserID,workgroup=ais_nt ...
> I don't think smbmount accepts ais_nt\myuserID syntax, setting the
> workgroup should be the same.
>
> myuserID is your "MSU Net ID"?
>
> Does it help if you (for testing purposes) give the password on the
> commandline and not at the prompt?
>
> /Urban
>
>


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