Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Bennett [mailto:ch...@ceegeebee.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:33 PM >> To: sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se; General list for user discussion, questions > and >> support >> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host >> >> Can you mount the CIFS resource manually? You need to make sure this >> works first, before you try and convince autofs to automount it for >> you: >> >> mkdir -p /windows/starforge >> mount.cifs //starforge/c$ /windows/starforge \ >> -o ro,credentials=/etc/.autofs.smbpasswd > > Same settings as before, but tried your mount.cifs-command instead. > Something interesting is happening; I now get a question for password, I > assume it's the one in /etc/.autofs.smbpasswd, right? So I enter it and get > an error 13, Permission denied. If it's not the same password pre-entered in > /etc/.autofs.smbpasswd, which one is it??
Don't forget that command lines parsed by a shell need to have the shell metacharacters quoted (\,$, etc.). And if you are using a domain it probably wants the domain\user syntax, not quoted if the program reads it directly. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/