Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 05:05:40PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I'll check and let you know. But something has clearly changed between version 3.0.27a-1 and this version, as it did work until now. And if it is a DNS issue, then how on earth am I meant to specify the partition to mount.cifs?! Well, are you sure that something in your DNS didn't change since the point when you were using 3.0.27a? I really don't know of any other way this would've worked for you with the given commandline. I've reinstalled 3.0.27a-1, and my /etc/fstab entry works (line broken for readability): //WGS-SVR-002/Shared\040Documents /mnt/wggs/shared smbfs user,noauto,credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg 0 0 but you are correct: the command line with -t cifs does not work. However, with 3.0.27a, the command line: mount -t smbfs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o \ credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg does work, whereas with 3.0.28-1~lenny1, this same command line gives the TCP name not found error. So clearly *something* has changed. Right, as you seem to have figured out based on your other bug report, what's changed is that mount.smbfs is now a wrapper around mount.cifs. You didn't mention in your original report that you were previously using smbfs. :) smbfs has a userspace process linked with the standard samba client code which handles all of the connection setup, so name resolution works just like smbclient. cifs, OTOH, uses a stand-alone program that does a straight gethostbyname() and passes the IP to the kernel for the connection setup. I do consider this a bug and a regression (having to do either of hard-coding IPs or using nss_wins is IMHO a hack), but I'm not sure it'll get fixed anytime soon. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 04:13:40PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi Julian, Hi Steve! On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:03:57PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: Package: smbfs Version: 3.0.28-1~lenny1 Severity: serious I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not found No ip address specified and hostname not found euclid:~ # Any idea why this might be the case? I've never seen this error before, and I can list the partition just fine. Also: smbclient --user jgi --command=dir //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff works just fine. Is this hostname resolvable via DNS (i.e., how about ping WGS-SVR-001 instead of smbclient as a test)? The mount.cifs program doesn't support WINS-based host resolution (nor mount.smbfs, IIRC). C.f. bug #311709. I'll check and let you know. But something has clearly changed between version 3.0.27a-1 and this version, as it did work until now. And if it is a DNS issue, then how on earth am I meant to specify the partition to mount.cifs?! Many thanks for the swift response. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 07:47:34AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not found No ip address specified and hostname not found euclid:~ # Any idea why this might be the case? I've never seen this error before, and I can list the partition just fine. Also: smbclient --user jgi --command=dir //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff works just fine. Is this hostname resolvable via DNS (i.e., how about ping WGS-SVR-001 instead of smbclient as a test)? The mount.cifs program doesn't support WINS-based host resolution (nor mount.smbfs, IIRC). C.f. bug #311709. I'll check and let you know. But something has clearly changed between version 3.0.27a-1 and this version, as it did work until now. And if it is a DNS issue, then how on earth am I meant to specify the partition to mount.cifs?! Well, are you sure that something in your DNS didn't change since the point when you were using 3.0.27a? I really don't know of any other way this would've worked for you with the given commandline. To mount such shares without DNS support, you have three options: - add your own entry in /etc/hosts - add nss_wins from the winbind package to your nsswitch.conf - use the ip= option to mount.cifs Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 01:23:30AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 07:47:34AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not found No ip address specified and hostname not found euclid:~ # Is this hostname resolvable via DNS (i.e., how about ping WGS-SVR-001 instead of smbclient as a test)? The mount.cifs program doesn't support WINS-based host resolution (nor mount.smbfs, IIRC). C.f. bug #311709. euclid:~ $ host WGS-SVR-001 WGS-SVR-001.local does not exist (Authoritative answer) euclid:~ $ I'll check and let you know. But something has clearly changed between version 3.0.27a-1 and this version, as it did work until now. And if it is a DNS issue, then how on earth am I meant to specify the partition to mount.cifs?! Well, are you sure that something in your DNS didn't change since the point when you were using 3.0.27a? I really don't know of any other way this would've worked for you with the given commandline. I've reinstalled 3.0.27a-1, and my /etc/fstab entry works (line broken for readability): //WGS-SVR-002/Shared\040Documents /mnt/wggs/shared smbfs user,noauto,credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg 0 0 but you are correct: the command line with -t cifs does not work. However, with 3.0.27a, the command line: mount -t smbfs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o \ credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg does work, whereas with 3.0.28-1~lenny1, this same command line gives the TCP name not found error. So clearly *something* has changed. To mount such shares without DNS support, you have three options: - add your own entry in /etc/hosts - add nss_wins from the winbind package to your nsswitch.conf - use the ip= option to mount.cifs Many thanks! Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 01:23:30AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: To mount such shares without DNS support, you have three options: - add your own entry in /etc/hosts - add nss_wins from the winbind package to your nsswitch.conf - use the ip= option to mount.cifs I used the second solution, and it worked fine. Many thanks! Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
Package: smbfs Version: 3.0.28-1~lenny1 Severity: serious I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not found No ip address specified and hostname not found euclid:~ # Any idea why this might be the case? I've never seen this error before, and I can list the partition just fine. Also: smbclient --user jgi --command=dir //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff works just fine. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#456992: smbfs: mount.cifs fails with mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ... not found
Hi Julian, On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:03:57PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: Package: smbfs Version: 3.0.28-1~lenny1 Severity: serious I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not found No ip address specified and hostname not found euclid:~ # Any idea why this might be the case? I've never seen this error before, and I can list the partition just fine. Also: smbclient --user jgi --command=dir //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff works just fine. Is this hostname resolvable via DNS (i.e., how about ping WGS-SVR-001 instead of smbclient as a test)? The mount.cifs program doesn't support WINS-based host resolution (nor mount.smbfs, IIRC). C.f. bug #311709. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
