smbmount problem

[Dancho Penev]

> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 15:04, Dancho Penev wrote:
>> 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.
>
> i tried that but i found out that the netbios name in the smb.conf
> (client and server) is already shorter than 15 chars.
> the problem seems to be that the full qualified name hostname.domain (as
> used in the mount command line and as returned by the nameserver) is
> longer than 15 chars.  but this should be ok, shouldn't it ?

Yes, this isn't problem. What command you use to mount the share?

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