One problem with Linux is that it does not forwards smb broadcasts that are
basic for Windoze network browsing. For this Samba has to be patched and
recompiled. Please look at
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/1159/1/
> Problem at a glance: the smbmount command resolves the IP address of the
> share
> server from the share name, and ignores the ip=<IP address> parameter
> described
> in the man page.
>
> At home I have a Win98 pc (hostname "meganpc") with c:\temp shared to
> the network. I have a Mandrake 6.1 box (it rocks) (hostname "cerberos")
> as a
> firewall running IPchains / IP masquerading to allow and protect access
> to/from
> the cable modem. The internal network is 10.0.0.0/24--meganpc is
> 10.0.0.50.
>
> Here at the office, I have Mandrake 7.0 (it rocks too) on my Toshiba
> Tecra. I
> would like to use Samba to mount //meganpc/temp to my local /mnt/temp
> through
> ssh local port forwarding.
>
> Step 1: Make the connection
> [laptop]# ssh -L 139:meganpc:139 cerberos
> root's password:
> Last login: Tue Jan 18 2000 11:45:54 -0500
> No mail.
> [root@cerberos /root]#
> ###This works fine, I authenticate, and ssh has begun to forward my
> localhost:139 to meganpc:139
>
> Step 2: Verify the connection from my laptop
> [laptop]# smbclient //meganpc/temp -I localhost -N
> added interface ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx bcast=xxx.xxx.xxx.255
> nmask=255.255.255.0
> smb: \> ls r*
> rawrite.exe A 14305 Wed Oct 13 21:45:58 1999
> rawwritewin.exe A 208896 Wed Oct 13 21:46:10 1999
> ROGET13.TXT A 1410440 Wed Jun 3 08:43:44 1992
> rebol-howto.html A 67297 Fri Dec 10 22:03:34 1999
> rebol D 0 Sat Dec 11 17:11:20 1999
> rp7-complete-setup.exe A 7582720 Sun Jan 9 01:47:08 2000
>
> 63883 blocks of size 131072. 35702 blocks available
> smb: \>
> ###So you see this works too. I have successfully redirected meganpc:139
> to
> localhost:139 and connected to it with Samba's own smbclient command!
>
> Step 3: Mount the drive
> [laptop]# smbmount //meganpc/test /mnt/temp ip=localhost guest
> error connecting to 10.0.0.50:139 (No route to host)
> Connection to meganpc failed
> SMB connection failed
>
> ===================================================================
> So, as you can see with the smbclient command, above, I trust that the ssh
> connection is up and running. `netstat -an` shows a local port 139
> listening.
> I do not have Samba running locally, so there's no port conflict.
>
> It seems to me, that the smbmount command simply does not understand the
> "ip="
> flag. It continues to try and resolve "meganpc" from the netbios share
> name--and does so correctly from my /etc/hosts--but that's not the IP
> address I
> want to use! It doesn't accept the address I give it (even 127.0.0.1 or
> my IP
> address). It's interesting that `man smbmount` shows the "ip=" flag, but
> `man
> smbmnt` does not. Is this parameter simply not passed to the real mount
> command? Was this simply not implemented?
>
> If anyone can help with this Samba problem, I give you my thanks in
> advance.
> --
> Scott Brightwell
> Systems Engineer
> CTSinc.net
