cifs WinXP problem

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> Sorry to trouble you with what may be a Microsoft problem.
> On my LAN, I replaced one of my Win2k boxes with a new
> WinXP box.  I use cifs to connect with MS boxes from an
> FC7 box.  Here is the main part of the start script in
> init.d :
> 
> case $1 in
>    start)
>       mount -t cifs -o user=administrator%
> xxx,noauto,suid,dir_mode=0700,file_mode=0700 //abcd30/base /mnt/base30
>       mount -t cifs -o user=administrator%
> xxx,noauto,suid,dir_mode=0700,file_mode=0700 //abcd10/mike_local /mnt/
> mike_local_10
> 
> abcd30 is a Win2k box.
> abcd10 is the new WinXP box; mike_local is a share name on a directory.
> 
> abcd30 connects correctly; for abcd10 I get:
> 
> # smb start
> mount error 5 = Input/output error
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
> 
> The man page says little of errors.  I note that: ping works fine;
> the new box and its shared directory are visible from other Win
> boxes; the real passwords are the same on both boxes and have no
> inappropriate characters.  I tried shutting down iptables and
> ZoneAlarm (with WAN disconnected, of course).
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Mike.
> 
Dumb question - is abdc30 in /etc/host, /etc/samba/lmhosts, or
resolvable in some other way?

Mikkel
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