Mount cifs of shared windows folder problem

mount shared-folders cifs smb

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Finally I got it to work.

I used the ip-address (192.168.1.11) instead of fileserver.

When ping:ing the fileserver name on the client I got ping response from another ip/computer (192.168.1.16) than I got from the host computer (192.168.1.11) !

Don't know why the dns name was linked to wrong ip on the client computer?

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Fam Wired

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Fam Wired over 1 year
I've some issues with a windows share on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
1. Installed cifsutils`:
```
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
```
2. Created mountpoint
```
sudo mkdir /mnt/temp
```
3. Trying to mount a shared folder
```
sudo mount -t cifs //fileserver/share /mnt/temp -o username=user,password=xxx
```
My problem is that the console hangs forever. I've waiting several minutes. If I enter wrong user/password it tells me Permission denied.

Update:

Response from Ubuntu Host computer:
```
nmap -p -v 445 fileserver -P0
```
host seems down / Filesharing seems to work though!

Ubuntu client computer (Inside vmware):
```
nmap -p -v 445 fileserver -P0
```
Host seems down / Filesharing doesn't work!

Maybe a lead: To autorize the fileshare I have to login on the domain.

Any suggestions?
- Jos over 8 years
  
  Does dmesg | tail show anything interesting at that point?
- Fam Wired over 8 years
  
  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
- Fam Wired over 8 years
  
  I'm not sure about this, because I have to ctrl-break the action to be able to continue.
- David Foerster over 8 years
  
  Please edit your question, if you want to add information. Especially file or program output listings (with the help of the {} button in the editor toolbar) are much more readable there and overall it's best to have everything relevant in one place. Also, comments may be deleted for various reasons.
Fam Wired over 8 years

Thanks. I got nmap response: Host seems down. I'm running this ubuntu inside another ubuntu host (vmware)
Fam Wired over 8 years

I think you have right about the firewall. Do you know how to open the port?
Nikolay Nikolov over 8 years

So, run nmap -p 445 fileserver -P0. 100% this is firewall issue!
Nikolay Nikolov over 8 years

If the machine is windows , go to windows firewall settings. If it is ubuntu , maybe you should stop apparmor
Fam Wired over 8 years

It works OK on the ubuntu host computer. It's the ubuntu inside the ubuntu that failes.
Fam Wired over 8 years

Ubuntu host computer: nmap response 445/tcp host seems down. (but filesharing seems to work) Ubuntu client computer: nmap response 445/tcp host seems down. (filesharing doesn't work) The fileshare is a windows domain. Maybe a lead?
Fam Wired over 8 years

Thanks, the net on the virtual machine is bridge configured as you pointed out. It also got a ip-address in the same subnet as the fileserver. :)
Eduardo López over 8 years

Your solution was going to be my next answer :-D Glad you sorted this out.
Levente about 3 years

I believe the right way of going is using the IP address indeed. I will not go to the effort right now to prove it, but I remember reading that the cifs mount utility cannot handle the //fileserver notation.