Friends--

I'm stumped! Cannot get mount.cifs to work over a tun connection. How would you trouble-shoot this?

1. It cannot be openvpn causing the problem: I can ping across the connection both directions on all machines.

2. It cannot be samba causing the problem: I can mount.cifs the smb shares on the lan (using the identical credentials file) without any issue.

3. Have iptables firewall on server, but have the same problem whether it is active or not.

Specific error messages when trying to mount.cifs: "“Credential formatted incorrectly: (null) ” and “Unable to find suitable address.” The second message is more common than the first.

The details:
Production environment, trying to install a new server, named torus.

Server: torus locally is 192.168.0.203; its tun is 10.8.20.1. Runs Ubuntu 14.04 lts.

Clients:
fire is local client at 192.168.0.6; its tun on torus is 10.8.20.5.

wind is remote client with tun on torus at 10.8.20.13.

air locally is 192.168.0.212, and its tun address for torus is 10.8.20.21. It will eventually go out to live remotely and connect only through the cloud and a dynamic dns. (For sake of this thread, I will say that the .conf files on air are the same as wind, and it is having the same error messages; with it I can test mounting over the lan (192.168.0.x) and find that it connects; wind is 20 miles away and not on the 192 lan.)

All these clients run Ubuntu 12.04 lts.

There is another client, svs2, which runs winxp, and it has no problems connecting nor mounting the shares.

The torus server .conf is:
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push "route 10.8.20.0 255.255.255.0"

dev tun

management 127.0.0.1 1195

server 10.8.20.0 255.255.255.0

dh /etc/openvpn/dh4096torus.pem
ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/torus.crt
key /etc/openvpn/torus.key

client-config-dir /etc/openvpn/ccd
ifconfig-pool-persist /etc/openvpn/ipp.txt 0

max-clients 6

comp-lzo

persist-tun
persist-key

verb 3

log-append /var/log/openvpn.log

keepalive 10 60
reneg-sec 0

status-version 2
proto udp6
port 1***

user nobody
group nobody
#group nogroup

client-to-client
tls-auth ta.key 0
=====

On torus:
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doug@torus:~$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default         router          0.0.0.0         UG    0 0        0 eth1
10.8.20.0       10.8.20.2       255.255.255.0   UG    0 0        0 tun0
10.8.20.2       *               255.255.255.255 UH    0 0        0 tun0
192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0 0        0 eth1
doug@torus:~$
=====

On wind:
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doug@wind:~$ cat /etc/openvpn/torus.conf
client
dev tun2
proto udp
remote *****.org 1***
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
dh dh4096torus.pem
ca /etc/openvpn/caontorus.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/windontorus.crt
key /etc/openvpn/windontorus.key
remote-cert-tls server
comp-lzo
verb 3
tls-auth /etc/openvpn/taontorus.key 1


doug@wind:~$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0 0        0 eth0
10.8.1.0        10.8.1.14       255.255.255.0   UG    0 0        0 tun1
10.8.1.14       *               255.255.255.255 UH    0 0        0 tun1
10.8.20.0       10.8.20.14      255.255.255.0   UG    0 0        0 tun2
10.8.20.14      *               255.255.255.255 UH    0 0        0 tun2
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000 0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     1 0        0 eth0
doug@wind:~$
=====
(Wind's connection to another server on its tun1 is able to mount.cifs its shares. Far as I can tell the server.conf and client.conf files are the same as this set up.)

The smb.conf file on torus is:
=====

[global]
        workgroup = EVERYONE
        server string = h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
        map to guest = Bad User
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:
* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        unix password sync = Yes
        lanman auth = Yes
        client lanman auth = Yes
        client plaintext auth = Yes
        syslog = 0
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        printcap name = cups
        disable spoolss = Yes
        showadd printer  wizard = No
        hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 10.8.0.0/24 127.0.0.1
        #interfaces = 192.168.0.0/24 10.8.0.0/24 10.8.20.0/24 10.8.1.0/24
########ddg20151026
        interfaces = eth* tun* lo
        bind interfaces only = yes
#######
        dns proxy = No
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
        create mask = 0775

[printers]
        comment =All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        create mask = 0700
        printable  = Yes
        browseable = No
        browsable  = No

[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /var/lib/samba/printers
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        browsable = No

[vol1]
        path = /vol1
        valid users = doug, [blanked]
        force user = doug
        force group = apps
        read only = No

[vol2]
        path = /vol2
        valid users = doug, [blanked]
        force user = doug
        force group =data read  only = No
[label]
        path = /vol1/apps/label
        valid users = doug, [blanked]
        force user = doug
        force group = data
        read only = No

[doug2]
        path = /doug2
        valid users = doug
        force user = doug
        force group = doug
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        browsable = No

[etc]
        path = /etc
        valid users = doug
        force user = doug
        force group = doug
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        browsable = No
[home]
        path = /home
        valid users = doug
        force user = doug
        force group = doug
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        browsable = No
=====



Here is the error message on wind, with the iptables on torus flushed:
=====
[sudo] password for doug:
mount: proc already mounted on /proc
mount: //mariah/vol1 already mounted on /sam/vol1
mount: //mariah/vol2 already mounted on /sam/vol2
Credential formatted incorrectly: (null)
Credential formatted incorrectly: (null)
Credential formatted incorrectly: (null)
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=10.8.20.1,unc=\\torus\vol2,nobrl,credentials=/root/.toruscredentials,uid=1000,gid=1003,ver=1,user=doug,pass=********
Unable to find suitable address.
doug@wind:~$
=====

The specific line in wind's /etc/fstab involved is:
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//torus/vol2 /sam/torus2 cifs rw,nobrl,mand.user,credentials=/root/.toruscredentials,uid=doug,gid=data 0 0
=====

So how do I get these talking to each other in such a way that I can mount these samba shares?

Thanks!
--

:- Doug. Germann

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