Steve said: > Do you have the cifs-utils package installed? cifs-utils is installed (2:5.1-1ubuntu1)
Shirish said: > What is the Windows server? I don't really have visibility into the specifics here -- it is a NAS appliance of some kind managed by our IT and not under my control. However, smbclient identifies it as: OS=[EMC-SNAS:T5.6.50.205] Server=[NT1] > Can you try a command like > mount -t cifs //servername/sharename <mount_point> -o sec=ntlmsspi, > user=<username>,pass=<password> ntlmsspi results in "operation not supported" but it doesn't seem to object to either the default ntlm or ntlmv2 as specified below: $ sudo mount -t cifs //pc************.com/D******NAS2 /mnt/temp --verbose -o domain=a******as,user=scott_purcell,password='******!***',uid=scott,gid=scott,rw,sec=ntlmv2 mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=10.30.25.221,unc=\\pc************.com/D******NAS2,sec=ntlmv2,uid=1000,gid=1000,ver=1,user=scott_purcell,domain=a******as,pass=******** mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > You can paste your smb.conf that smbclient uses as well. With comments and blank lines stripped: $ grep -v ^# /etc/samba/smb.conf |grep -v ^$ |grep -v ^\; [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) dns proxy = no log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . pam password change = yes map to guest = bad user usershare allow guests = yes [printers] comment = All Printers browseable = no path = /var/spool/samba printable = yes guest ok = no read only = yes create mask = 0700 [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes guest ok = no I can invoke smbclient successfully by either referring it to my credentials file: $ sudo smbclient //pc************.com/D******NAS2 -A /etc/.smb_creds.txt Domain=[A*****S] OS=[EMC-SNAS:T5.6.50.205] Server=[NT1] smb: \> ls training/ NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \training\ smb: \> cd training smb: \training\> ls . DA 0 Tue Jan 10 13:17:11 2012 .. DA 0 Thu Sep 1 11:54:48 2011 Enterprise DA 0 Fri Oct 21 07:03:08 2011 enterprise_services_offering DA 0 Mon Jun 13 16:31:21 2011 Flash_Beta DA 0 Wed Apr 14 13:46:40 2010 Functions DA 0 Sat Feb 27 09:47:17 2010 GCSS DA 0 Wed Apr 14 13:46:49 2010 Or by specifying my authentication at the command line: $ sudo smbclient //pc************.com/D******NAS2 --workgroup=a******as --user=scott_purcell Enter scott_purcell's password: Domain=[A******AS] OS=[EMC-SNAS:T5.6.50.205] Server=[NT1] smb: \> cd training smb: \training\> ls . DA 0 Tue Jan 10 13:17:11 2012 .. DA 0 Thu Sep 1 11:54:48 2011 Enterprise DA 0 Fri Oct 21 07:03:08 2011 enterprise_services_offering DA 0 Mon Jun 13 16:31:21 2011 Flash_Beta DA 0 Wed Apr 14 13:46:40 2010 Functions DA 0 Sat Feb 27 09:47:17 2010 GCSS DA 0 Wed Apr 14 13:46:49 2010 Hope that helps... -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba