smbmount vs. smbclient

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

Kent Borg wrote:
> I am trying to mount an XP share on my Ubuntu 6.06 machine.  It fails like this: 
> 
>   # smbmount //somemachine/someshare /mnt/smb -o user=somebody,workgroup=somegroup
>   Password: 
>   3441: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
>   SMB connection failed
>   root at bottom:~#
> 
> Two odd things.  I can use a similar command to mount Samba shares (so
> I sort of know how to operate smbmount), and I can access the share
> using the GUI (I think it uses smbclient, but anyway, my computer can
> access the share).
> 
> Looking at Google I see people with similar problems, but no solution.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -kb, the Kent who is running Ubuntu 6.06.
> 
I think smbmount has been depricated for mount -t cifs 
//host/share /mountpoint. I don't have XP but I use this 
command on my ms2000 host.

Jim K-R

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