12.04, mapping network drive from windows server 2003

Question

I'm trying to map a network drive running on a windows server..

I tried using the Connect to Server GUI but didn't get anywhere so I tried mounting it in the terminal but have had little success.

basically here are the details of the server I am trying to connect to and what I have tried: (in fstab)

SERVER=10.26.136.12
SHARE=8279
MOUNTPOINT=/home/jacobian/mystuff
FS_TYPE=cifs
SMB_CREDENTIALS=/home/jacobian/.smbcredentials

(.smbcredentials)

username=[domain]/[myusername]
password=[mypassword]

when I try to mount using

sudo mount -t cifs //10.26.136.12/8279 /home/jacobian/mystuff -o credentials=/home/jacobian/.smbcredentials

I get Mount error(13) permission denied.

My credentials are correct because when I log into a windows machine and type \10.26.136.12\8279 and use [myusername]@[domain] [mypassword] it connects and works correctly.

Any help with what I am doing wrong is greatly appreciated.

I am trying to convert my work computer over to ubuntu and this is what makes or breaks it.

thanks.

Solution 1

Having had the exact same problem, installing the package samba4-clients resolved everything and now everything works as before the upgrade when I was on Oneiric Ocelot

so, all I did was:

    sudo apt-get install samba4-clients

Solution 2

It's weird - in Ubuntu 12.04 I'm also having problems connecting to Windows Shares with the Connect to Server GUI. Most of the time, I just can't connect to the Windows Shares!

But if, in the Connect to Server GUI, I use...

Server: MyServerIPAddress; Type: Windows Share; Share: c$; Folder: /; Domain Name: MYDOMAIN (in capital letters); User Name: [email protected]; Password: MyPassword

...then somehow I've been connecting to Windows Shares, some of the times!

But if I use the Server's name (instead of IP address), and if I use just MyUserName (without @MyDomain.local), then I can't connect to any Windows Shares at all.

And that's on 2 newly-upgraded Ubuntu 12.04 PC's - one at work and one at home. Both have the same problem.

Comments

[jacobian]

Thanks, I tried adding a separate line to the smbcredentials file but it still says permission denied. I also tried surrounding the credentials in quotations but that didn't help either....

[zamorph]

Dunno if it helps, but I noticed one of my failed attempts at connecting a Windows Share eventually returned the following error: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

[zamorph]

But all other times, it just says: Please verify your user details.

[Admin]

i can confirm this to be a problem on my newly upgraded 12.04 ubuntu box. Also using the above tips it works for me even without @domainname in the username (just DOMAINNAME in capital letters in the domain field and using IP instread of DNS name...

[jacobian]

I installed samba4-clients and re-tried the mount command but received the following error: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //10.26.136.12/8279, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so'