On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:48:55 +0100, Sven wrote: >You might want to check /var/log/messages for more verbose error >message.
In three days, this is all messages has in it: Jan 8 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";] rsyslogd was HUPed Jan 9 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";] rsyslogd was HUPed Jan 10 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";] rsyslogd was HUPed >And perhaps also run mount with the -v flag (or possibly -vvv). # mount.cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -v -overs=2.1,username="Steve Matzura",password="" mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.1.140,unc=\\box1\d,vers=2.1,user=Steve Matzura,pass=******** mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) # mount.cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -vvv -o vers=2.1,username="Steve Matzura",password="" mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.1.140,unc=\\box1\d,vers=2.1,user=Steve Matzura,pass=******** mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) I had the idea of separating the two words of the username with backslash-space in case things didn't go through correctly. They still don't. I even tried putting all credentials into a credentials file, even included the Windows homegroup name (although there's no way to specify the homegroup password that I could find). n.g.
