Unable to mount XP share: Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL

Question

I'm failing with mounting XP share, receiving message:

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mount error(110): Connection timed out

Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

When I try to list shares with smbclient, finally I receive message:

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Running timed event "tevent_req_timedout" 0x7f2902964ad0

Error connecting to 192.168.34.140 (Success)

lang_tdb_init: /usr/share/samba/en_US:en.msg: No such file or

directory

Connection to 192.168.34.140 failed (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)

I wasn't able to find solution, could anyone advise?

Context:

• I'm trying to mount share of NT-domain machine with XP which is accessed via VPN. While my ubuntu machine is still in default WORKGROUP. Is this possible at all?
• Connection to target machine could be established, f.e. I can connect to it via RDP.
• Command executed to mount: mount -t cifs //192.168.34.140/share_name /media/share_name -o username=XPDomainUsername,password=XPDomainPassword,workgroup=XPDomainName
• Command executed to list shares: smbclient -L //192.168.34.140 -U XPDomainName\\XPDomainUsername --debuglevel=10

Solution 1

You might have to specify the IP address separately because most Windows servers require you to specify the NetBIOS name too, e.g.

smbclient -L XPHostName -I 192.168.34.140 -U XPDomainName\\XPDomainUsername --debuglevel=10

Solution 2

After a lot of searching I found a solution, which worked for me.

Comments

[Admin]

What's the command you're running?

[Admin]

To mount: mount -t cifs //192.168.34.140/share_name /media/share_name -o username=XPDomainUsername,password=XPDomainPassword,workgrou‌​p=XPDomainName

[Admin]

To list shares: smbclient -L //192.168.34.140 -U XPDomainName\\XPDomainUsername --debuglevel=10

[Admin]

It seems, that this is firewall issue, and file sharing ports are blocked for VPN connections. I can telnet on 445'th port of my XP machine from LAN, while I can't telnet the same via VPN, getting timeout exception: telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

[Admin]

I also had this problem, and specifying both hostname and IP solved it.

[milkywayfarer]

Thanks Jelmer. But unfortunately, filesharing via VPN is restricted in my network.

[Octavian A. Damiean]

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

[migu]

Sometimes comments to answers are more valuable than the answer.