Thanks Tom and Martin. I tried Martin's syntax suggestion and the result. It appears to be a UNIX/Linux syntax error rather than a problem with my guest account. If this is the mount command that is issued at boot time, it would likely be why my dongle.config is not loading.
# mount.cifs //192.168.0.92/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o guest mount error 22 = Invalid argument Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) Here is the output of uname if it helps: Linux 192.168.0.10 2.4.31-v1.1-hcwmvp #1 Sun Jan 14 20:28:29 CST 2007 ppc unknown Tom Metro-10 wrote: > > bromfrog at: > https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4689715 > wrote: >> ...if I try to mount the mvpmc directory using: >> mount.cifs //192.168.0.92/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=guest, >> password=guest >> >> It will prompt for a "Password:" even though I supplied the password on >> the >> command line. > > I've found mount.cifs to be a perpetual annoyance. If the slightest > thing is wrong with your command line, the mount will fail, and it will > report a misleading error. (The version on my Debian box isn't any > better than the version we have in mvpmc, either.) > > In my dongle.bin.config I have a couple of lines like: > > # mount media drive > mkdir /mythtv && mount.cifs //mythtv/data /mythtv -o guest; > > and that same command seems to worth with both a Samba server and a > Windows XP box. (It took a bit of tweaking on the Samba side to get > guest access to work. Understandably, modern installations don't enable > such access by default.) > > -Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--mvpmc---Installation--mount.cifs-and-guest-account-tp14491521s24861p14507055.html Sent from the MediaMVP Media Center - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
