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# 1  
Old 11-05-2013
Mounting Linux box to Linux box
Hi,

I've been able to mount my linux box to a windows machine, but I can't seem to mount my linux box to another linux box I have. (I know I could scp, but for other reasons I need to do it this way) Samba is installed.

Here is an example where I mount to a Win machine.--> works fine
Code:
mount -t cifs -o username=Ren_user,password=AIB#1109$ //10.204.129.246/c$ /mnt/molecular/246

Here is where I try to mount to a Linux machine.--> doesn't work fine
Code:
mount -t cifs -o username=Ren_user,password=AIB#1109$ //10.204.129.234/c$ /mnt/clinical/234mac

And here is the error it throws...
Code:
mount error(22): Invalid argument
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

Thanks,
-J
# 2  
Old 11-05-2013
Change the destination IP to an invalid IP address and see if you still get the same message. It's ambiguous whether it's mount or the remote host which is objecting to these options.
# 3  
Old 11-05-2013
Used invalid IP
Code:
[informatics@aib-bitest mountAGIs]$ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=Ren_user,password=AIB#1109$ //10.204.129.126/c$ /mnt/clinical/234mac
[sudo] password for informatics:
Unable to find suitable address.

# 4  
Old 11-05-2013
Okay, so it doesn't like the username= or password= options. What happens if you try and mount it without them? Perhaps a uid might work.
# 5  
Old 11-05-2013
Same thing happens
Code:
[informatics@aib-bitest mountAGIs]$ sudo mount -t cifs //10.204.129.234/c$ /mnt/clinical/234mac
Password:
mount error(22): Invalid argument
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

# 6  
Old 11-05-2013
Hmmm.... cifs //10.204.129.234/c$ -- does that server actually have a shared folder named c ?
# 7  
Old 11-05-2013
Does samba need to be installed on other device?
I'm not sure if the 'c' dir is there or not. It is in the windows. I removed it and still..
Does samba need to be installed on the other device? If so, maybe that's my problem.

Code:
[informatics@aib-bitest mountAGIs]$ sudo mount -t cifs //10.204.129.234 /mnt/clinical/234mac
Password:
mount error(22): Invalid argument
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

 
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