Problem with mount_smbfs (not working for me)

[Nelis Lamprecht]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 08:41:24 +0100, Axel S. Gruner
<axel.gruner at suedfactoring.de> wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I run into a problem with "mount_smbfs".
> Trying to mount a SMB-share on a AS/400 from a FreeBSD 4.10 or FreeBSD
> 5.3-RC1 gives me the error:
> 
> mount_smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = Connection reset by
> peer
> 
> Well, i dont like Mr. Peer, and, trying to reach the SMB-share via
> "smbclient" works perfectly (but i need a mount on my FreeBSD-System, so
> thats no choice).
> 
> Also if i try to mount the SMB-share from a SuSE Linux Box (with mount
> -t smbfs) it will work, as a result, i think the problem is not the
> share, it must be "mount_smbfs".
> 
> The syntax i tried was:
> mount_smbfs -I 10.4.1.222 //qsecadm at 10.4.1.222/sfimages /mnt
> also with the FQDN:
> mount_smbfs -I suedzwo.suedfac.com //qsecadm at 10.4.1.222/sfimages /mnt
> 

You have to use the netbios name of your samba server. Change
10.4.1.222 to the netbios name.

mount_smbfs -I 10.4.1.222 //qsecadm at suedzwo/sfimages /mnt
or
mount_smbfs -I suedzwo.suedfac.com //qsecadm at suedzwo/sfimages /mnt

Nelis