On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:43:21AM +0100, Andreas Teuchert wrote: > Package: smbfs > Version: 2:3.2.5-2 > Severity: normal
> when I call smbmount //server/share mountpoint/ -o sec=krb5 it asks for > a password (which is not needed with kerberos) and fails to mount the share. > The output is: > mount error 5 = Input/output error > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) > dmesg says: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -5 Do you have the keyutils package installed, and have you configured the cifs.upcall helper via /etc/request-key.conf? IIRC, suppressing the password prompt itself (counterintuitively) requires passing the 'guest' option in addition to 'sec=krb5'; but the mount itself won't work without keyutils installed and configured. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org