I've found that when i use a host name CIFS works, but when I try the IP it just hangs and eventually times out... seems weird I admit.

So try replacing the IP address with the actual host name.

At 00:32 15/08/2003 +0530, Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED) wrote:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:02 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Cc: Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
> Subject: CIFS mount problem on Linux
>
> hi,
> I have a SUN machine running samba server. The vxfs shares on this machine is shared thru samba server
> SUN Machine -- SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80
> Samba -- 2.2.4
>
>
> I am trying to remotely mount this share from the SUN machine, on my Linux machine (the linux kernel supports cifs).
> Linux -- Red Hat 7.3
> Linux Kernel -- 2.4.20-18.7XFS1.30pre2smp
> Linux CIFS Client version -- 0.8.2
>
> When i try to cifs mount a share ISUXXX, from Machine <IPAddress>, on my linux machine i see the below problem:
>
> Try1:
> mount.cifs //<IPAddress>/ISUXXX /someMountPoint -o username=<userName>,password=<passwd>
> ---> My linux box starts hanging ! Does not take any mouse, keyboard events.
> The machine seems to be alive (i can ping it)
>
> Try2:
> mount -t cifs //<IPAddress>/ISUXXX /someMountPoint
> Asks for password : <I enter password>
> ---> My linux box starts hanging ! Does not take any mouse, keyboard events.
> The machine is not even alive (cannot ping)
>
> In this case i do not give any usename, i think it picks it from the USER env (which might be a wrong username)
>
> Do u think iam missing something ?
>
> I appreciate u'r help.
> Thanks,
> -Sangeetha
>
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