Thanks for all the fine replies guys but actually I figured out the problems on my own. First problem was a bonehead error on my part. I was trying to mount to the server name and not to a share (ie. to a folder on the server). This got my mount back up and running.
But upon getting that up I discovered the solution to the problem that actually started all this. Meaning loss of connection to my Win2K machine. There was a rather large TIF file (image file) in the root of my share(on the PC), that IRIX was reporting an error on (realized this thru keeping a console window open). I then deleted this file from the PC and after about 5 mins of errors again from the IRIX system it cleared up and worked fine from there. It seems that the file system in IRIX was scanning this TIF file for some reason and this was a very slow process. This in turn froze the browser until it was done, which of course I would be to impatient for and would restart the machine. -Jeff -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Brian Hoard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sendt: 20. september 2002 06:55 Til: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Jeff Davis Emne: Re: [Sharity-talk] Mounting problem explained again. Hey Jeff, Although I can't even come close to Christian's knowledge on Sharity, I do have a similar setup as you. I'm using an SGI O2 running IRIX 6.5.8 connecting to a Win2k box. My O2 is a Samba Server. I'll give input on your comments below..... 9/19/2002 10:52:50 AM, Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, >Ok I will attempt to explain this again. I have had Sharity running on a >IRIX system connecting to one Win2K system on our network. Same as me. >I am totally UNIX illiterate but highy proficient with Windows, so I am >using the GUI for set up of Sharity. Gotcha, but at least you can spell SGI. >I had Sharity running for over 9 months with no problems until 3 days ago >where I lost connection to the PC. Usually when this happened before I >could just restart Sharity and it would be fine. Something here isn't consistant. Why do you have to restart Sharity, if it has been running fine for 9 months? Sounds like you have been losing connectivity in the past, and restarting Sharity would fix it? It's rare that I ever have to restart Sharity. What version of Sharity are you using on the IRIX box? Mine is 2.4 beta 8. I did have trouble trying to install a later version on IRIX. Since I don't know how to compile the source, I used a IRIX binary, which never worked. So, I'm still using 2.4 beta 8 which has been rock-solid. >Not this time. Now I cannot >get the program to mount my folder on the IRIX in the Sharity Mounts section >of the GUI. I can log into the servers and see the entire network with no >problem in the CIFS Logins. The WINS setup is correct. When I attempt to >mount the folder it keeps popping up with a login screen that keeps giving >me a "Netbios name lookup failure" error. I can get this error, too if I type in a bogus computer name. Did you double-check your computer name you're logging in to? Maybe there's a typo. (Sorry to state the obvious, you probably already did this.) The first thing I would do is try to ping the Win2k box. (Sorry, you'll have to open a UNIX shell). at the command prompt type ping, followed by your Win2ks name that you're trying to mount. Something like... ping yourpc If you don't get success there, try pinging it by IP address, like ping 192.100.95.10 If you get success there, which I would think you will, try using the IP address in the Sharity GUI instead of the name. Another ping you should try is that of your WINS server. You have the right information, but can you ping that server? Try pinging it by IP address. If you can't, it won't be of much help to resolve IP addresses to Netbios names. >I have tried deleteing the mount folder and making a new with no luck. The >system says I don't have permissions to this. When I go to the change >permissions area, the system tells me that this folder is essential to the >system and can't be removed. (This is also when logged into root). You're scaring me here. What is the path you're trying to mount? You say you're getting permission denied when trying to create a folder on the IRIX machine as root? Try this....... NOT as root, but as your normal login account on IRIX, open a command shell (sorry again, but just do it. :) type this, substituting your PCs name, of course. cifslogin //YOUR-PC When it prompts for a password, enter it Then, type this cd /CIFS/YOUR-PC see if it lets you there. You should be able to see the shares by typing ls Hope this helps, Let me know if you want more help, Brian www.bhhstudio.com ============================ >Any help here is greatly appreciated. Is there a place that explains setting >up this program anywhere?? I must have seen one somewhere or I would never >have gotten this set up in the first place. Where can I find such a manual? >I only see how to install onto the system and command line system up. Is >there a GUI setup somewhere?? > >-Jeff Davis >_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Sharity-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe see http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/sharity-talk
