smbmount problem

[Dancho Penev]

On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 11:22:57AM +0200, sebastian ssmoller wrote:
>From: sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller at gmx.net>
>To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Date: 13 Sep 2003 11:22:57 +0200
>Subject: smbmount problem
>
>hi,
>i am running fbsd 5.1. when i try to mount a samba share on a debian
>system i get :
>smbfs: server name "x.y" too long
>the server name is 16 chars long and i found out (looking at the
>sources) that there is a limit of 15.
>
>my question: why is there such a limit? (i used this share from several

In Windows world computer's NetBIOS names are limited to 15 bytes,
so I suppose that the author of mount_smbfs is conform with that.
 
>linux distros without any problem). does this mean i have to change the
>hostname of the debian system (which could not be really a solution...)

No, just use "netbios name" option in smb.conf, and attend name to be
no more than 15 chars long.

>or is there any other workaround ?
>
>thx for ur help
>seb
>
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Dancho Penev