[plug] smbmount error

[russ powers]

Thanks to Philip and Ryan for the input!


--- Ryan <ryan at is.as.geeky.as> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:56, Bennett,
Phillip wrote:
> > Russ,
> > 
> > Samba doesn't work if you try to mount with an IP address.  You MUST
> > use a name.  Best way is just add it to your hosts file.  I have not
> > found this documented anywhere and have spent a bit of time finding it
> > out for myself.
> 
> sbmount mount (which is not samba) will mount IP address equally as well
> as hostname on every machine I've used it on.
> 
> I had problems connecting to a 2K box recently because I had a domain
> user on the 2K box and no local users, I made a local user with relevant
> password and gave the share SPECIFIC permissions for that user.  The
> default 'Everyone' security options wouldn't let me connect to the
> share.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Ryan
> 
>