RE: can't mount smbfs

["Bob Koss" <koss@objectmentor.com>]

>
> Quoth Michael Heldebrant,
> > On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 12:01, Bob Koss wrote:
> > >
> > > I attempt to mount my win98 box known as thinkpad-wired on my
> linux box:
> > >
> > > bear:~# mount -t smbfs //thinkpad-wired/E /mnt/thinkpad-winblows
> > > session request to THINKPAD-WIRED failed
> > > session request to *SMBSERVER failed
> > > SMB connection failed
> > > bear:~#
>
> I too have seen something similar since I updated my kernel from 2.4.7
> to 2.4.9-ac10 (at least, I've only noticed it since I changed my
> kernel). smbclient also seems to be misbehaving.
>
> I haven't spent any real time debugging this, as samba still works the
> other way (my token windoze games machine can still access my samba
> shares on my linux box).
>


I'm running 2.4.7.

Mine works the "other way" also. I need it to work "this way" (;-)) to do a
backup.