[Samba] FW: CIFS mount problem on Linux

[Matthew Ewanchuk]

I've found that when i use a host name CIFS works, but when I try the IP it 
just hangs and eventually times out... seems weird I admit.

So try replacing the IP address with the actual host name.

At 00:32 15/08/2003 +0530, Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED) wrote:


> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:         Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:02 PM
> > To:   'samba at samba.org'
> > Cc:   Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
> > Subject:      CIFS mount problem on Linux
> >
> > hi,
> >       I have a SUN machine running samba server. The vxfs shares on 
> this machine is shared thru samba server
> >       SUN Machine -- SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80
> >       Samba -- 2.2.4
> >
> >
> >       I am trying to remotely mount this share from the SUN machine, on 
> my Linux machine (the linux kernel supports cifs).
> >       Linux -- Red Hat 7.3
> >       Linux Kernel -- 2.4.20-18.7XFS1.30pre2smp
> >       Linux CIFS Client version -- 0.8.2
> >
> >       When i try to cifs mount a share ISUXXX,  from Machine 
> <IPAddress>, on my linux machine i see the below problem:
> >
> >       Try1:
> >       mount.cifs //<IPAddress>/ISUXXX /someMountPoint -o 
> username=<userName>,password=<passwd>
> >       ---> My linux box starts hanging ! Does not take any mouse, 
> keyboard events.
> >              The machine seems to be alive (i can ping it)
> >
> >       Try2:
> >       mount -t cifs //<IPAddress>/ISUXXX /someMountPoint
> >       Asks for password : <I enter password>
> >       ---> My linux box starts hanging ! Does not take any mouse, 
> keyboard events.
> >              The machine is not even alive (cannot ping)
> >
> >       In this case i do not give any usename, i think it picks it from 
> the USER env (which might be a wrong username)
> >
> > Do u think iam missing something ?
> >
> > I appreciate u'r help.
> > Thanks,
> > -Sangeetha
> >
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