Wow, yes. Thank you Chris and Karlos: I solved it.
What I need to do 1) install smbfs smbfs doesn't come with samba 2) do /media$ sudo mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.82/myfolder /media/smb -o username=MYNAME,password=MYPASSWORD Use the IP address "192.168.1.82", instead of "mybooklive". Thank you so much.... Pei On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Carlos R. Pena Evertsz < [email protected]> wrote: > From command line type: > > mount -t cifs //mybooklive/myfolder /media/smb -o > username=user,password=**userpassword; > > > On 9/5/2012 1:37 PM, JIA Pei wrote: > >> Hi, all: >> >> Two questions. >> Environment: Ubuntu 12.04 >> >> 1) mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs' >> With default Samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 installed, all the following 3 >> commands failed: >> a) >> $ sudo mount -t *smbfs* -o username=MYNAME,password=MYPWD >> >> //mybooklive/myfolder /media/smb/ >> mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs' >> b) >> /media$ sudo mount -t *cifs* -o >> >> username=MYNAME,password=MYPWD //mybooklive/myfolder/ /media/smb/ >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on >> //mybooklive/myfolder/, >> missing codepage or helper program, or other error >> (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might >> need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) >> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >> dmesg | tail or so >> c) >> $ sudo smbmount //192.168.1.82/myfolder/ /media/smb/ -o user=MYNAME >> sudo: smbmount: command not found >> >> >> 2) I have no idea whether 1) has something to do with samba version? So, i >> decided to replace current samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 with samba4 . >> However, I met exactly the same issue as described here, >> https://bugzilla.samba.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=8633<https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8633> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1983830<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1983830> >> namely: >> >> samba.provision.**InvalidNetbiosName: The name ''AJIT-EXTENSA-4630Z'' >>> is not >>> a >>> valid NetBIOS name >>> >> >> >> And, unfortunately, >> Solution as >> >> "smb.conf" generated by s4 >>> - upgrade from s3: >>> - rename the old "smb.conf.bak" back to "smb.conf" >>> - as far as I can see you have a malformed "netbios name" parameter in >>> the >>> "smb.conf": hence I would shorten it to be at max. 16 characters long >>> - invoke the "samba-tool domain samba3upgrade" command (instructions and >>> problem resolutions are found in our samba-technical mailing list >>> archives) >>> >> >> doesn't work for me at all. It seems I have to downgrade to >> samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3, in order to remove this* not a valid NetBIOS >> name* >> >> >> >> Did anybody really solve this problem??? >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Pei JIA >> >> Email: [email protected] >> cell: +1 604-362-5816 >> >> Welcome to Vision Open >> http://www.visionopen.com >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: > https://lists.samba.org/**mailman/options/samba<https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba> > -- Pei JIA Email: [email protected] cell: +1 604-362-5816 Welcome to Vision Open http://www.visionopen.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
