UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have the following shell script to map a drive to a windows machine:

Code:

echo Enter password:
stty -echo
read passwd
stty echo
mount -t smbfs -ousername=myusername,password=$passwd //192.168.2.5/sharename /mnt/mountname

It works fine and the share mounts, but for some reason I get this error:
4615: session request to 192.168.2.5 failed (Called name not present)
4615: session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)

Anyone have any clues?

try useing hostnames.

for alot of the smb products out there ip will not work.

also if you are trying to mount windows shares to a unix mount point try checking out sharity.

it works excellient and its is free for noncommercial use.

we use it here at work on a variety of servers.

Well the mounting works fine. I just don't know why I get those errors. I use IP because for some reason Samba isn't recognizing the machine names on the network.

I use this little script to mount a samba share (in this case, the default windows shares like C$, D$, etc).

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#< Mount a samba share

SERVER_NAME=xpserver
MOUNTPOINT=/mnt
thiscmd=`basename $0`

function print_usage
{
  echo "usage: $thiscmd drive_letter"
}

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
   print_usage && exit 1;
fi

su -c "smbmount //$SERVER_NAME/$1\$ $MOUNTPOINT "

exit 0

Of course, you may be able to replace "xpserver" in the SERVER_NAME variable with an IP address, or machine name.

Most of it is "filler", but the line

Code:

su -c "smbmount //$SERVER_NAME/$1\$ $MOUNTPOINT "

does all the actual work, and allows the command to be run as a regular user, as long as they know the root password. It keeps passwords secure rather than saving it as plain text in a variable.

You could modify the smbmount command to read

Code:

smbmount //$SERVER_NAME/$SHARE_NAME $MOUNTPOINT

of course, instead of using the default "dollar" shares.

Peace,
ZB
http://www.zazzybob.com

zazzybob: Your answer did not help. My script works fine. I just want to know why that error appears. When I use smbmount, I get the same errors.

Also, does anyone know how to get Samba to automatically detect the names of machines on the network?