[Samba] FW: CIFS mount problem on Linux

Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:02:57 -0000

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Ramadurai, Sangeetha (MED)
> Sent:	Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:02 PM
> To:	'samba@samba.org'
> 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
>