cifsmount device busy

[Lance Wulfers]

When I run the cifsmount utility I get the following error:

Mounting Share: Device busy

Viewing the NT server with the cifslist command, I see a sucessful login, but no shares. Since I can't find any mention of this error message, I am a little lost! any ideas? Thanks...

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

It's not an error I've seen before either!

Having said that - here's some things to check:

* Are you running a new version of CIFS client? The latest version will be available on http://software.hp.com or your latest application cds. The latest version is A.01.08.

* Does it work if you use the mount -F command instead of cifsmount? Try using mount -F, then using the cifslogin command.

* Are you mounting to an unused mountpoint? You could always create a new dir and try mounting on that.

* If you are able to, stop and restart the CIFS client using the init scripts after using cifslogout. Try mounting the NT share again.

regards,

Darren.

[Lance Wulfers]

Hi,

I have tried using the "mount -F cifs" command. I still get the "Device Busy" error. I have shutdown and restarted several times, and reviewed the NT file and share permissions. I am restricted in using only the following version B8724AA_11.00.depot installation file. What spooks me is that I get an acceptable login to the NT server, but the share won't connect. Thanks...

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

To isolate the CIFS client you could try using the smbclient. It's a command line client similar to an ftp client. At its' simplest you can just run smbclient //server/share and you'll get prompted for a user name and password. It's documented in the O'Reilly book, I believe there's also a man page.

regards,

Darren.

[Lance Wulfers]

I found some additional information on the "device busy" The problem is at the HP side. If I remove the HP side directory, recreate it, then cifsmount to it, the mount works. I must have an application touching the directory and not letting me use it as a mount point. As far as I know, I don't have an app touching this directory, but I will ahve to extend my search. Thanks...

[KVS Raju]

Hi

Ensure that you are not in the mount point directory.
'cifsmount' commnad should be executed from outside the mount point directory.

Hope this info will solve the problem

Regards
KVS Raju

[Jairo Campana]

10 ptos for Darren Prior I solve to the problem creating a new point of mount.

Thanks .
mount -F cifs -o username=realadmin,password=Connective2002 whcbeclu:/w$ /Directory existing

Mounting Share: Device busy

mount -F cifs -o username=realadmin,password=Connective2002 whcbeclu:/w$ /NewDirectory

nms1 # /opt/cifsclient/bin/cifslist -A
=========================================================================
server whcbeclu:
=========================================================================
Remote Username: realadmin Local Username: root

Share: \\WHCBECLU\W$
rw /whcbeclu
nms1 #


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