Hi, This sounds like it could be a routing issue rather than a Samba issue. What happens if you try "ping 11.22.33.44"? How are the two machines connected? What are their IP setups (IP, Subnet mask, default gateway)?
Many thanks, Mark Lidstone IT and Network Support Administrator BMT SeaTech Ltd Grove House, Meridians Cross, 7 Ocean Way Ocean Village, Southampton. SO14 3TJ. UK Tel: +44 (0)23 8063 5122 Fax: +44 (0)23 8063 5144 E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.bmtseatech.co.uk ======================================================================== == Confidentiality Notice and Disclaimer: The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the use of the e-mail addressee(s) shown. If you are not that person, or one of those persons, you are not allowed to take any action based upon it or to copy it, forward, distribute or disclose the contents of it and you should please delete it from your system. BMT SeaTech Limited does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the context of this e-mail or its attachments which arise as a result of Internet transmission, nor accept liability for statements which are those of the author and not clearly made on behalf of BMT SeaTech Limited. ======================================================================== == -----Original Message----- From: Test @ TD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 July 2004 04:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] Canot mount samba drive Hi all When i try to mount samba drive t am prompt for a pasword and nothing happend and i have to kill the process [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=sam, //11.22.33.44/homes /root/smb/ but when i connect using the private server ip i am prompt for a password and the drive is mounted in less that 1 second [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=sam, //192.168.2.8/homes /root/smb/ Thanks in advance Samuel Denis D'Ortun my /etc/samba/smb.comf file : [global] log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log dns proxy = no netbios name = ddrcom01 load printers = yes server string = Samba Server socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 workgroup = DDRCOM os level = 20 domain master = yes printcap name = /etc/printcap security = user max log size = 50 wins support = true domain logons = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
