Also put entries in /etc/lmhosts. Have you checked the ipchains rules in
both Linux boxes? Are you allowing the real interfaces in the protected
network communicate with the virtual interfaces?
> just a guess here.....have you thougth of putting an entry in /etc/hosts
> for
> meganpc? or setting up DNS somewhere? At leat this way there is some
> resolving happening here (resolve meganpc to an ip if smbmount wont use an
> ip)
> You said "It doesn't accept the address I give it (even 127.0.0.1 or my IP
> address). " but will it accept localhost or cerbros?
>
> Let me know how you go with that.
>
> Michael