On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 07:47:34AM +0000, 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 Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
