On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:22:55AM +0100, Stefan Gybas wrote: > Noll, Ralph wrote: > > >zvmlinx4:/mnt # mount -t smbfs -o username=rnoll //10.201.18.9/cdrom > >/mnt/cdrom > >3481: session request to 10.201.18.9 failed (Called name not present) > >3481: session request to 10 failed (Called name not present) > > Try using the hostname instead of the IP address. It looks like mount is > interpreting "10.201.18.9" as a hostname with domain. You might also > need to add this host to /etc/hosts or /etc/lmhosts if it can't be found > by the mount command. > > Another possible mistake might be an incorrect domain or workgroup name > in /etc/samba/smb.conf or a case mismatch of the share name. Does > "smbclient -L <hostname>" work?
If this is a fully installed system, the answer is probably "apt-get install smbfs". If it is the installer, I do not think this will work. -- - mdz
