Re: deprecated smbmount --> mount.cifs

[Amit Finkler <amit.finkler@gmail.com>]

I know, it's been a while, and Lenny has since moved from 2.6.24 to
2.6.26. Samba probably has changed a lot as well. However, this
problem persists...

Here's what I tried to do and the outcome:

in1: mount -t cifs //server/share /home/amitf/mount_point -o
username=amitf%mypassword
out1: mount error 5 = Input/output error, Refer to the mount.cifs(8)
manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

in2: mount -t smbfs //server/share /home/amitf/mount_point -o
username=amitf%mypassword
out2: mount error 5 = Input/output error, Refer to the mount.cifs(8)
manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

in3: smbmount //server/share /home/amitf/mount_point -o
username=amitf%mypassword
out3: mount error 5 = Input/output error, Refer to the mount.cifs(8)
manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

I tried replacing the server name with its complete IP address, to no avail.
I don't know if it's related, but I added the two following lines to
my /etc/samba/smb.conf

client plaintext auth = yes
client lanman auth = yes

and now the following command works (it didn't before)
smbclient -L servername -U amitf

Other than that I'm pretty much at a loss here.

Help will be greatly appreciated.

Amit Finkler