[lug] smb mount issues

[Atkinson, Chip]

Since no one has answered this, here's my WAG: Perhaps you have samba set up
to use the NT domain server for authentication.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: charles at lunarmedia.net [mailto:charles at lunarmedia.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 11:16 AM
> To: LUG-DISCUSS
> Subject: [lug] smb mount issues
> 
> 
> i am running:
> 
> /usr/bin/smbmount //fileserver/mp3 /home/mp3 \
> 	 -o username=charles password=testing
> 
> each time i do this, i am prompted for a password in spite of the fact
> that i am specifying one. on the fileserver, i ran
> 
> 	smbpasswd -a charles
> 
> and put in the corresponding password. likewise, on my local 
> machine, i am
> logged into the box as user charles with the corresponding 
> password. the
> man page seems to imply that i should not be prompted for the 
> password if
> i include the option with a valid passphrase for the specified user.
> 
> on my client pc, i have not started smbd/nmbd.
> 
> anyone know samba enough to point out the solution to this problem?
> 
> thanks -charles
> 
> 
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