cifs-utils in squeeze v. wheezy/LMDE

[bigbenaugust]

Not sure whether to go to the Debian forums or here, but I am indeed stumped by this one.

The following command:

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sudo mount.cifs //server-name/share\$ /mnt/share -o rw,user=username,pass=hahahaha,dom=WIN,uid=username,gid=groupname,sec=ntlmv2,iocharset=utf8

Just Works on a freshly installed Debian Squeeze box. Install Squeeze, install cifs-utils, create mount point, run above command. (cifs-utils version is 4.5-2 in squeeze)

But in LMDE, I run the exact same command and get the following:

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mount error(13): Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)


(cifs-utils version in wheezy is 5.1-2)

I've tried configuring winbind, using the FQDN for the server and various permutations of the server and share name.

Does anyone know what changed in mount.cifs?

[altair4]

Instead of "sudo mount.cifs ..." try "sudo mount -t cifs ....."

[bigbenaugust]

Same deal. Works in Squeeze, fails with same error in Wheezy/LMDE.

Also, the verbose option to mount.cifs is unhelpful.

[bigbenaugust]

I even tried downgrading the package in LMDE to the Squeeze version. This leads me to believe that a dependency somewhere is malfunctioning.

[blink4blog]

Sorry if I been hijacking this post but just want to stress that using "mount -t cifs ..." will crash the entire system and a force shutdown is required.

Been using default repos and uname -a:

3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux

[bigbenaugust]

I will answer my own question 9 months later.

Using

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sec=ntlmssp

instead of

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sec=ntlmv2

solved the problem and also enabled me to connect to our shiny new WS2008R2 server.

This option (to use the NT LanMan Secure Session Protocol) is (or was last I checked in May-ish) missing from the man page and most documentation. Maybe someone else will find this useful.

[dovido]

I will answer my own question 9 months later.

Using

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sec=ntlmssp

instead of

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sec=ntlmv2

solved the problem and also enabled me to connect to our shiny new WS2008R2 server.

This option (to use the NT LanMan Secure Session Protocol) is (or was last I checked in May-ish) missing from the man page and most documentation. Maybe someone else will find this useful.

Thanks bigbenaugust, it worked for me!