mount a NT Share with cifsmount

[Elif Gius]

Hi I tried this:

added IP address of the nt server to /etc/hosts

cifsmount //NT_Server/SHARE /Mount_Point -U Domaine//User
Then I get:
Remote user's password:
Connecting Server: UNIX: Connection refused

Is this correct?!

[Gavin Clarke]

Does this link help?


http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=529290

[Elif Gius]

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

But I don't know the full computer name. I only got the IP address.
I added an entry by myself in /etc/hosts for it.

[Elif Gius]

Is it important that the cifs client should authenticate against the PDC?

Maybe the HOST PC is allowed to do this, but my cifsc client not.

[Gavin Clarke]

I've been on holiday, which is why I haven't replied until now.

I thought you would have this fixed by now, is that true?

This is what we use:

/usr/bin/cifsmount "//ntserver/share" /mount -U NTuser -P NTpassword -I ntserverentryinetchosts

Does that help?

When you say you don't know the full server name, do you mean the ntserver name?

[Himanshu_3]

Hi Elif,

Can you now check whether the cifsclient is running properly on the server.


# cd /opt/cifs*/bin
# ls
cifsclient cifslist cifslogin cifslogout cifsmount cifsumount
# cifsclient status
It should show something like
"Status: CIFS Client daemon is up; process id XXXXX"

You can also do
# cifsclient restart

It may solve the problem.

Regards,
Himanshu

[Elif Gius]

I only know the IP Adress of the server

I do:
cifsmount //IP_address/share /MOUNT -U NTUser -P NTPassword -I NTservername_in_etc_hosts

I get the message: "connection refused".

How do I add the domain name in my cifsmount command?

[Darren Prior]

Hi Elif,

You will need the full name of the server, how about asking the admin of NT_Server what it is?

There are a number of reasons why this is required rather than the IP address, so you will need to get the name in order to continue.

regards,

Darren.

[Elif Gius]

the NT server is on the customer side behind a firewall... and I think that the IP address I've got from this server is also a NAT...

that's why I'm not sure that this will work!

But I will ask for the NetBios Name of the Server...

thanks!

[Gavin Clarke]

Does ping -a (windows) help?

[Elif Gius]

sorry no ...

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

You must make sure that your server is accessible to be able to mount that folder.

can you try to login to the server first?

use:
/opt/cifsclient/bin/cifslogin

usage: ./cifslogin [] []
./cifslogin -h prints short help
./cifslogin -v prints version information
valid options are:
-u Enable unencrypted passwords
-s Save password in user database (please do not use
unless you understand the security implications)
-f Force login. Do it even if server not reachable.
-P Password given in commandline (implies -N)
-S Read password from standard input (implies -N)
-N don't prompt for a password


hope this helps!
regards
yogeeraj

[Elif Gius]

Like Darren suggested I asked the NT Admin.
I asked him for the NetBios Name. This Name I added to my /etc/hosts and then tried the cifsmount and it works.

So if you want to use CIFS and NT Shares you have to know the NetBios Name.

[Elif Gius]

Problem solved. Thanks a lot for your help.