Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

[Steve Matzura <number6@noisynotes.com>]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:48:55 +0100, Sven wrote:

>You might want to check /var/log/messages for more verbose error
>message. 

In three days, this is all messages has in it:

Jan  8 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd"
swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";]
rsyslogd was HUPed
Jan  9 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd"
swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";]
rsyslogd was HUPed
Jan 10 06:25:02 pugville rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd"
swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="569" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";]
rsyslogd was HUPed

>And perhaps also run mount with the -v flag (or possibly -vvv).

# mount.cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -v -overs=2.1,username="Steve
Matzura",password=""
mount.cifs kernel mount options:
ip=192.168.1.140,unc=\\box1\d,vers=2.1,user=Steve
Matzura,pass=********
mount error(13): Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
# mount.cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -vvv -o vers=2.1,username="Steve
Matzura",password=""
mount.cifs kernel mount options:
ip=192.168.1.140,unc=\\box1\d,vers=2.1,user=Steve
Matzura,pass=********
mount error(13): Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

I had the idea of separating the two words of the username with
backslash-space in case things didn't go through correctly. They still
don't. I even tried putting all credentials into a credentials file,
even included the Windows homegroup name (although there's no way to
specify the homegroup password that I could find). n.g.