Hi Julian, On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:03:57PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Package: smbfs > Version: 3.0.28-1~lenny1 > Severity: serious
> I have just upgraded from 3.0.27a-1 to this version, and now when I > try to mount my Samba partition, I get the following error: > euclid:~ # mount -t cifs //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff /mnt/wggs/rmstaff -o > credentials=/etc/wggs.credentials,uid=jdg,gid=jdg > mount error: could not find target server. TCP name WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff not > found > No ip address specified and hostname not found > euclid:~ # > Any idea why this might be the case? I've never seen this error > before, and I can list the partition just fine. > Also: smbclient --user jgi --command=dir //WGS-SVR-001/RMStaff > works just fine. Is this hostname resolvable via DNS (i.e., how about "ping WGS-SVR-001" instead of "smbclient" as a test)? The mount.cifs program doesn't support WINS-based host resolution (nor mount.smbfs, IIRC). C.f. bug #311709. -- 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/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
