[plug] smb client timeout problem - FIXED

[Ian Kent]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Steve Boak wrote:

> 
> OK, some more test results:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:58 pm, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Steve Boak wrote:
> [..]
> > >min:/home/steve$ mount -t cifs -o username=steve //shuttle/tmp /mnt/tmp
> > >mount error: could not find target server. TCP name shuttle/tmp not found
> > >No ip address specified and hostname not found
> >
> > Odd that it appears to be trying to resolve the name 'shuttle/tmp' .
> > Have you tried:
> >
> > mount -t cifs -o user=steve '\\shuttle\tmp' /mnt/tmp
> >
> min:/home/steve$ mount -t cifs -o user=steve '\\shuttle\tmp' /mnt/tmp
> mount error: could not find target server. TCP name shuttle/tmp not found
> No ip address specified and hostname not found
> 
> but:
> 
> min:/home/steve$ nmblookup shuttle
> querying shuttle on 192.168.1.255
> 192.168.1.18 shuttle<00>
> 
> shuttlemin:/home/steve$ ping shuttle
> ping: unknown host shuttle
> 
> so cifs is trying to resolve 'shuttle' via DNS rather than WINS, and failing. 
> Must fix that (my DNS that is :-)
> 
> > Note that according to `man mount.cifs' the user name is specified as
> > user= not username= (though if you use a credentials file, it contains
> > username= ... weird ).
> 
> Tested '-o user=steve' and '-o username=steve', and both work. 
> So does '-o userxxxx=steve' :-) Mount (cifsd?) is probably only checking if 
> the first four characters eq 'user'. 
> Just for fun, '-o usexxxx' does not work. As expected.
> 
> > Also, have you tried a DNS-based or IP-based UNC path like
> > '\\shuttle.localnet\tmp' or '\\192.168.1.2\tmp' ?
> 
> Using IP addresses:
> 
> min:/home/steve$ mount -t cifs -o user=steve '\\192.168.1.18\tmp' /mnt/tmp
> Password:
> and 
> min:/home/steve$ mount -t cifs -o user=steve //192.168.1.18/tmp /mnt/tmp
> Password:
> 
> Both work OK.
> 
> > The kernel folks seem to be planning on yanking smbfs real soon now, so
> > I'd strongly recommend reporting problems sooner rather than later.
> 
> Where's the 'right' place to report this, if it really is a bug, not just a 
> misconfiguration of my DNS?

You might try:

https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-cifs-client

> 
> > Hm, that reminds me, I still need to test to see if the latest version
> > of cifs (with "legacy server support") will talk to the NT4 at work.
> >
> > Craig Ringer
> 
> Thanks Craig.
> 
> 
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