mount_smbfs: RPC struct is bad

2003-10-30 Thread Sheldon Hearn
Hi folks,

I'm using SMBFS on FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE from 2003-09-18, and running
into problems mounting W2K shares.  I was last able to mount these
shares a month ago.  Since then, the only change I'm aware of was the
world update (to catch security patches) and accompanying mergemaster.

Here's the config:

/etc/fstab:
//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/backup /smb/foo smbfs noauto,ro,-N 0 0

/etc/nsmb.conf
[default]
workgroup=BAR
[FOO:BACKUP:BACKUP]
password=xyzzy

Here's the problem:

# mount /smb/foo
smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = RPC struct is bad

Any ideas?  Google, Rambler and a search of the freebsd-questions
archive both came up empty-handed.

Ciao,
Sheldon.
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Re: mount_smbfs: RPC struct is bad

2003-10-30 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On (2003/10/30 11:37), Sheldon Hearn wrote:

 I'm using SMBFS on FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE from 2003-09-18, and running
 into problems mounting W2K shares.  I was last able to mount these
 shares a month ago.  Since then, the only change I'm aware of was the
 world update (to catch security patches) and accompanying mergemaster.

I've just tried with FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE, using today's sources and I
still get:

 # mount /smb/foo
 smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = RPC struct is bad

Backups are suffering.  Any ideas (even shots in the dark) would be
helpful.

Thanks,
Sheldon.
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Re: mount_smbfs: RPC struct is bad

2003-10-30 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On (2003/10/30 18:16), Sheldon Hearn wrote:

  I'm using SMBFS on FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE from 2003-09-18, and running
  into problems mounting W2K shares.  I was last able to mount these
  shares a month ago.  Since then, the only change I'm aware of was the
  world update (to catch security patches) and accompanying mergemaster.
 
 I've just tried with FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE, using today's sources and I
 still get:
 
  # mount /smb/foo
  smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = RPC struct is bad
 
 Backups are suffering.  Any ideas (even shots in the dark) would be
 helpful.

Found the problem.

The Windows user backup, as which the FreeBSD box authenticates when
mounting the Windows shares, was created on the domain controller
without Password never expires enabled, and the business concerned
doesn't have a password recycling policy designed to handle automatic
password expiry of system accounts.

SMBFS expects one of several responses to the authentication phase, but
your password has expired, please change it isn't one of them.  I'll
send my findings to Boris, the author of our SMBFS support.

At least this is in the archives, now. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.
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