topic mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade in Operating System - HP-UX

mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Ian Lochray — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:36:44 GMT

I have been using cifsclient on HP-UX 11.00 to map WIndows folders on mu HP box. This morning I updated the box to 11i. Now I get mount: cifs : Invalid argument when I try to mount -F cifs.
Do I need a new version of cifsclient for 11i?

Re: mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:38:38 GMT

It would be a good idea to get a new version of CIFS/9000 and install it.

It is now however required.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

You should upgrade the server too.

SEP

Re: mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:41:09 GMT

This may be a syntax issue.

Can you post the script or /etc/fstab entry so I can test it for you?

SEP

Re: mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Helen French — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:45:30 GMT

Did you have any error during your 11i install? Are you sure that the CIFS components are installed and enabled on the system properly? Check your install log and patches.

Re: mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Darren Prior — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:55:17 GMT

Hi,

It sounds to me like an upgrade of the client would be a good idea, links were posted earlier in this thread. I think CIFS client does hook into the kernel. Have you checked the CIFS client logs and/or syslog and rc.log to see if the client started correctly?

I believe that cifsmount will become obsolete, leaving mount -F cifs to be the method you should use in the future!

regards,

Darren.

Re: mount -F cifs is invalid after 11i upgrade

Ian Lochray — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:43:47 GMT

I installed the latest version. As suggested, this involved a kernel rebuild and it is all OK now. Thanks.