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Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 04:18:17
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host
From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se>
To: "'General list for user discussion, questions and support'" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:16:09 +0100
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Bennett [mailto:chris AT ceegeebee DOT com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:29 PM
>To: sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se; General list for user discussion, 
>questions
and
>support
>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host
>
>> Tried the c$-mount as well as a new shared folder. On both I get "mount
error:
>> can not change directory into mount target /windows/starforge".
>
>Did the mount.cifs command succeed after you entered the password
>though, or did you get the error while running mount.cifs?

While running the command. I never got the password-question there.


>> Works. Kinda'. It asks for a password. After entering it, I get a "
session
>> setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE".
>[..]
>> As for version of mount.cifs, I tried both --version and -V, both gave me
no
>> version number for some reason, just the general short help screen.
>>
>
>Oops, I get that too in testing.  For smbclient, you have to specify
>the domain seperately (or try it without the domain):
>
>  smbclient -L starforge -U administrator -W domain

I tried that too, get the same NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE-error.


>For mount.cifs, You can add --verbose to get a little bit more info
>  [root@linux mnt]# mount.cifs //mydc1.domain.local/c$ /mnt/test -o
>  username=administrator@domain --verbose

All I get is "mount error: can not change directory into mount target
/windows/starforge"


>> Mount is "util-linux 2.13-pre7", if that helps?
>
>[root@linux mnt]# rpm -qf `which mount.cifs`
>samba-client-3.0.28-0.el4.9

I knew it was something like that. ;-)

I have "samba-client-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1".


>> Thanks for your help so far!
>
>No problems, hopefully we'll get there :)

Let's hope. And I said I'd take a step back and calm down a bit, and I'm
still here tapping away... Oh, well. ;-)

-- 
/Sorin

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