samba - May 2012 - Trouble with mount.cifs while smbclient works (Ubuntu 12.04)

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 and am working to restore access to
the windows shares I use at work.



smbclient connects immediately:



     sudo smbclient //server/share -A /etc/.smb_creds.txt



mount.cifs fails (with "mount error(13): Permission denied"):



     sudo mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/ -o credentials=/etc/.smb_creds.txt





my credentials file is as follows (with the proper values, of course):



     username=mynamehere

    password=password

     domain=MyDomain





I remember on a previous occasion having resolved a problem by including a mount
option "noserverino". I've tried that to no effect. I've also
tried "sec=ntlmv2"



The syslog contains this message in response to each failed attempt:



     CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -13



Whatever this glitch is, it seems pervasive.  smbclient is the ONLY way I've
been able to successfully connect to my shares so far. Failed methods attempted
include:



* mounting with "mount -t cifs ..."

* mounting with "mount -t smbfs ..."

* mounting directly with "mount.cifs ..."

* configuring smbnetfs (supposed to make the windows network browsable from a 
single mountpoint -- I could see the servers and shares, but not directories on
the shares)

* configuring fusesmb

* Nautilus' "Connect to Server" functionality

* Nautilus' "smb:///..." browsing



It seems like smbclient is handling authentication in one way (working) and
everything else is doing it in some different way.









I'm baffled and appreciative of any suggestions you can provide. Thanks in
advance.





Scott Purcell

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On 05/16/2012 10:52 PM, Scott_Purcell at Dell.com wrote:
> I just upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 and am working to restore access
to the windows shares I use at work.
>
>
>
> smbclient connects immediately:
>
>
>
>       sudo smbclient //server/share -A /etc/.smb_creds.txt
>
>
>
> mount.cifs fails (with "mount error(13): Permission denied"):
>
>
>
>       sudo mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/ -o
credentials=/etc/.smb_creds.txt
>
>
Hi

Do you have the cifs-utils package installed?

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

Cheers,
Steve

Hallo, Scott_Purcell,

Du meintest am 16.05.12:
> mount.cifs fails (with "mount error(13): Permission denied"):
>      sudo mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/ -o
> credentials=/etc/.smb_creds.txt

Just try

    sudo mount.cifs -o ... //server/share ...

"mount.cifs" needs the options early.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut