Problems with mounting windows share (Solved)

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  1. kk0425

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    I've done a lot of searching on google and have managed to get a little closer but I'm still having some issues when mounting a remote share on my network.

    When I run the command:
    mount -t smbfs -o username=<name>,password=<pass>,workgroup=<workgroup> //192.168.0.30/share /mnt/server

    ...it looks like it works properly. But when I try to cd to /mnt/server I get the error message "No such directory". So then I do a ls -l /mnt, and it shows its there but it looks like:
    d????????? ? ? ? ? ? server

    That is where I'm lost and have no idea why it's like that.

    I'm running Debian Lenny AMD 64 bit 2.6.26.2. Please and thanks for any help!
     
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    Here's an example of what i use in Puppy linux ~

    I was struggling to get smbfs to work the other day (can't remember exactly why now), i used pretty much the same syntax you posted above. I gave up after a while and found the cifs method to work much better.
     
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    Hmmm. I've tried replacing smbfs with cifs and got the same result. Is that an example of a shell script you posted?

    I'll also look into what mount-FULL is when I get back home lol. My background in linux is somewhat limited. I can use it but I don't know much.
     
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    Yeah it's just a few lines from a simple script i knocked up ~


    As to your first post when it moans about no such directory yet you can see a directory, that'll be because it's showing the mountpoint ie there needs to be a mountpoint dir whether it's mounted or not, so the dir is there but just empty. No idea why yours isn't mounting, need more to go on
     
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    Not sure if I follow you there, but what I'm guessing at is that, its mounted at "/mnt/server" but it didn't mount properly so it's just empty?

    I can connect using the GUI file browser and see all the files just fine, but I need to be able to mount for access to a truecrypt volume, since I access it on Windows and Linux.

    I would also be more than happy to provide any other information though.

    ps. Trying to migrate from windows to Linux only but it's a rough road lol.
     
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    Just an update: My problem was user error. Always remember to type the path name correctly.
     
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    Ah well, as long as it's working
     

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