CIFSMOUNT CIFSLOGIN PROBLEM

[Rudi Clysters]

Hello,

I have the following problems when I try to mount a win share on my hp9000 (hpux 11.00)

L1000 /opt/cifsclient/bin # mount -F cifs alactraz:/gps /tmp/gps -U administrator <
Remote user root's password:
Connecting Server: UNIX: Host is down

L1000 /opt/cifsclient/bin # ./cifslogin alactraz rudi
Remote user rudi's password:
Logging in User: Server not connected!

Please advise

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

The command to use is;

cifsmount "///" -U -P -I

Its important that the matches the "Full computer name" of the server - ie, what is reported in system properties under network identification.

Adding this share to /etc/fstab then using mount -aF cifs is troublesome at best, weve had to give up and add an entry to /sbin/init.d/cifsclient start instead - much more reliable.

[Rudi Clysters]

Thx,
It is working

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Rudy,

Just to show you I can also follow up the status

[Rudi Clysters]

Thx Luk, for your support.

[Eric Raeburn]

Stefan,

Regarding this comment:

"Adding this share to /etc/fstab then using mount -aF cifs is troublesome at best, weve had to give up and add an entry to /sbin/init.d/cifsclient start instead - much more reliable."


The use of /etc/fstab and "mount -aF cifs" should work fine, and "mount -F cifs" can do anything "cifsmount" does. We would appreciate your sharing any examples of problems you have encountered using "mount" with the CIFS Client, so we can understand if there is something we need to fix.

Thanks,
Eric Raeburn
HP CIFS Client Lab

[Michael Langas]

I'm having similar issues when I try to add an entry to /etc/fstab. Everything works fine if I do:
mount -F cifs server:/blah /localblah

but if I add to the fstab file:
server:/blah /localblah cifs 0 0

it fails.

The error is Ignoring incomplete/incorrect entry for server:blah in /etc/fstab

I hope that helps.

[Michael Langas]

Arg. I hate missing the simple stuff. The /etc/fstab line should be:
server:/blah /localblah cifs defaults 0 0


Hope that helps.