Thanks Chuck, I had a chance this evening to test with the Hardy alpha 4 live CD and indeed, I no longer see the kernel oops. The kernel oops I used to get is below.
So the workaround mentioned in the Debian bug report now works. Changing my /etc/auto.smb as follows enables me to connect to my Ubuntu Samba server with autofs: --- /etc/auto.smb 2007/03/29 15:27:45 1.1 +++ /etc/auto.smb 2008/01/18 16:08:28 @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ mountopts="$mountopts,credentials=$credfile" smbopts="-A $credfile" else + mountopts="$mountopts,sec=none" smbopts="-N" fi So "mount.smb -o guest" works: ket% sudo mount.smb //mog.local/share /mnt -o guest Anonymous login successful ket% - but "mount.cifs -o guest" does not work: ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt -o guest mount error 13 = Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) ket% - but "mount.cifs -o sec=none" does work: ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt -o sec=none ket% ls /mnt Movies MythVideo ket% So, *should* "mount.cifs -o guest" work like "mount.smb -o guest", or should /etc/auto.smb use "sec=none"? Much thanks for all your help with this issue Chuck, Jack Jan 18 09:44:16 ket kernel: CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -13 Jan 18 09:44:16 ket kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -13 Jan 18 09:44:27 ket kernel: CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -13 Jan 18 09:44:27 ket kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -13 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket automount[4818]: mount(generic): failed to mount //mog.local/print (type cifs) on /smb/mog.local/print Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: printing eip: Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: f8f48183 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: SMP Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 cifs i915 drm rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev parport_pc lp parport button ac battery autofs4 ipv6 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand freq_table fuse firewire_sbp2 loop joydev tsdev snd_hda_intel pcmcia snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm sdhci ipw3945 snd_timer mmc_core ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core rtc snd iTCO_wdt firmware_class i2c_i801 i2c_core soundcore snd_page_alloc psmouse serio_raw intel_agp agpgart evdev ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod sg sr_mod sd_mod cdrom 8139cp ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t 8139too mii ehci_hcd generic ide_core uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8f48183>] Not tainted VLI Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EFLAGS: 00010212 (2.6.22-3-686 #1) Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP is at cifs_find_tcp_session+0x77/0xc0 [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: eax: c747dd00 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 0000001f edx: c747dd7c Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: esi: f688c569 edi: 00000000 ebp: f688c500 esp: c747dca4 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0033 ss: 0068 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Process mount.cifs (pid: 4823, ti=c747c000 task=d5d1fa90 task.ti=c747c000) Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Stack: 00000000 c747dd7c f688c500 00000002 c7a2103d f8f5f7b1 00000003 f8f4a161 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: c747dd90 c747dd44 00000011 31f9ed23 f72f3dd4 00001000 eebdf7c0 ee8c0200 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket automount[4818]: mount(generic): failed to mount //mog.local/share (type cifs) on /smb/mog.local/share Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: 0000000d 00000000 c0178ae5 00000000 00000000 00000000 f69aaa80 c7a21019 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Call Trace: Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<f8f4a161>] cifs_mount+0x1641/0x20ac [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0178ae5>] __d_lookup+0x96/0xd9 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01cc934>] idr_get_new+0xa/0x26 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017b93d>] get_filesystem+0xf/0x29 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<f8f3e610>] cifs_get_sb+0xa2/0x18f [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017c8e3>] alloc_vfsmnt+0x8d/0xb4 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c016b8f0>] vfs_kern_mount+0x83/0xf6 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c016b9af>] do_kern_mount+0x37/0xc7 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017d379>] do_mount+0x627/0x69a Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<f8985b08>] do_get_write_access +0x430/0x45d [jbd] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c014ee8b>] find_get_page+0x18/0x48 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0151116>] filemap_nopage+0x184/0x295 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c015ade9>] __handle_mm_fault+0x305/0x955 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c015ae24>] __handle_mm_fault+0x340/0x955 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017bed2>] copy_mount_options+0x90/0x109 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01316db>] search_exception_tables +0x14/0x25 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0152f83>] __alloc_pages+0x52/0x294 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c02a51fa>] error_code+0x72/0x78 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017be68>] copy_mount_options+0x26/0x109 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017d463>] sys_mount+0x77/0xb3 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0103d0e>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa1 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c02a0000>] atm_dev_ioctl+0x4b5/0x567 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: ======================= Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Code: 00 74 44 8b 14 24 8d 46 3c b9 10 00 00 00 e8 c3 6d 28 c7 85 c0 74 30 8b 44 24 20 b9 20 00 00 00 89 df 89 30 8d 75 68 49 78 08 ac <ae> 75 08 84 c0 75 f5 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 85 c0 75 09 f0 ff Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP: [<f8f48183>] cifs_find_tcp_session +0x77/0xc0 [cifs] SS:ESP 0068:c747dca4 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: printing eip: Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: f8f48183 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Oops: 0000 [#2] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: SMP Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 cifs i915 drm rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev parport_pc lp parport button ac battery autofs4 ipv6 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand freq_table fuse firewire_sbp2 loop joydev tsdev snd_hda_intel pcmcia snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm sdhci ipw3945 snd_timer mmc_core ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core rtc snd iTCO_wdt firmware_class i2c_i801 i2c_core soundcore snd_page_alloc psmouse serio_raw intel_agp agpgart evdev ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod sg sr_mod sd_mod cdrom 8139cp ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t 8139too mii ehci_hcd generic ide_core uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8f48183>] Not tainted VLI Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EFLAGS: 00010212 (2.6.22-3-686 #1) Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP is at cifs_find_tcp_session+0x77/0xc0 [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: eax: c7a35d00 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 0000001f edx: c7a35d7c Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: esi: f688c569 edi: 00000000 ebp: f688c500 esp: c7a35ca4 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0033 ss: 0068 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Process mount.cifs (pid: 4828, ti=c7a34000 task=ef220a90 task.ti=c7a34000) Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Stack: 00000000 c7a35d7c f688c500 00000002 c7a0903d f8f5f7b1 00000003 f8f4a161 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: c7a35d90 c7a35d44 00000492 c0326700 000000d0 00000001 ee034ac0 ecc2a200 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: 0000000e 00000044 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 f61a3b40 c7a09019 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Call Trace: Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<f8f4a161>] cifs_mount+0x1641/0x20ac [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01cc934>] idr_get_new+0xa/0x26 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017b93d>] get_filesystem+0xf/0x29 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<f8f3e610>] cifs_get_sb+0xa2/0x18f [cifs] Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017c8e3>] alloc_vfsmnt+0x8d/0xb4 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c016b8f0>] vfs_kern_mount+0x83/0xf6 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c016b9af>] do_kern_mount+0x37/0xc7 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017d379>] do_mount+0x627/0x69a Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c011d458>] task_running_tick+0x11c/0x230 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c011fd75>] scheduler_tick+0x6d/0x188 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c013720b>] getnstimeofday+0x30/0xb9 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01157af>] lapic_next_event+0xc/0x10 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c013905e>] clockevents_program_event +0x9c/0xa3 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01cb275>] cfq_idle_slice_timer+0x11/0x68 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c012a555>] run_timer_softirq+0x14c/0x189 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c01cb264>] cfq_idle_slice_timer+0x0/0x68 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0131202>] __rcu_process_callbacks +0xd8/0x173 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c012786a>] tasklet_action+0x58/0xb8 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0127716>] irq_exit+0x53/0x6b Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0115cc7>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt +0x71/0x7d Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0152f83>] __alloc_pages+0x52/0x294 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0104830>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017bece>] copy_mount_options+0x8c/0x109 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c017d463>] sys_mount+0x77/0xb3 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c0103d0e>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa1 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: [<c02a0000>] atm_dev_ioctl+0x4b5/0x567 Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: ======================= Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: Code: 00 74 44 8b 14 24 8d 46 3c b9 10 00 00 00 e8 c3 6d 28 c7 85 c0 74 30 8b 44 24 20 b9 20 00 00 00 89 df 89 30 8d 75 68 49 78 08 ac <ae> 75 08 84 c0 75 f5 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 85 c0 75 09 f0 ff Jan 18 09:46:23 ket kernel: EIP: [<f8f48183>] cifs_find_tcp_session +0x77/0xc0 [cifs] SS:ESP 0068:c7a35ca4 -- cifs doesn't support connecting as guest https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98658 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list 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