Hi, folks, I have a difficulty using a cifs connection...
O/S: Mandrake 10.0, updated kernel, at 2.6.8.1-12mdk, running Samba 3.0.7 packages. I'm trying to mount, via CIFS a share on a Windows 2003 server. I have no control over the use of smb signing, so I need to use cifs, not smbfs (the organisation as a whole has over 25000 users, using numerous servers, almost exclusively Microsoft based). I can successfully mount the share in question, using: mount.cifs //winserver/share /winshare -o user=linuxwinshareduser ...then entering a password, however, I ***cannot*** get this to work automatically when trying to do it in my fstab, using: //winserver/share /winshare cifs user=linuxwinshareduser, pass=password However, the command: mount -t smbfs //winserver/winshare /winshare -o username=linuxwinshareduser ***works*** ...but: mount -t cifs //winserver/winshare /winshare -o username=linuxwinshareduser *fails* Of course, all works well when I specify the ip address of "winserver", in the fstab, but IIRC, this invokes a (slightly?) different method of establishing the connection. And I might (or someone else might) at some point change the ip address of "winserver". The Linux server in question has been joined to the Windows (Active directory) domain, successfully. It authenticates users, using AD, just fine. Any hints? Thanks. -- John Kirkland -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
