The name cx267762-k is left over from when the pc was directly connected to cox.  Now I have a firewall/gateway/router, and haven't renamed the system yet.  (I did, however, stop paying cox for multiple IPs ;)).

Anyway, even though I can't ping cx267762-k, Samba still connects, presumably through netbios....

Here is a better terminal print:

[root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc //192.168.1.200/download /mnt/bobpc
session request to 192.168.1.200 failed
session request to *SMBSERVER failed
SMB connection failed
[root@devlap1 /root]# ping cx267762-k
ping: unknown host cx267762-k
[root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc //cx267762-k/download /mnt/bobpc
Password: 
[root@devlap1 /root]# 

and then it magically works...Oh well, I was just amazed that Samba was unable to resolve through ip.  BTW I tried the following as you suggested and it also works:

[root@devlap1 /root]# umount /mnt/bobpc
[root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc,ip=192.168.1.200 //cx267762-k/download /mnt/bobpc
Password: 
[root@devlap1 /root]# 

Thanks for the /etc/fstab/ stuff...I am going to add it now..

Bob

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:43:31 -0700
"Bob George" <mailings01@ttlexceeded.com> wrote:

> "Bob Cober" <cplusplus@home.com> wrote:
> 
> > [root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc
> //192.168.1.200/downloads /mnt/bobpc
> > [...]
> > [root@devlap1 /root]# mount -t smbfs -o username=rgc //cx267762-k/download
> /mnt/bobpc
> 
> Not to nitpick, but did you use either "download" or "downloads" in both
> cases? I notice they're different.
> 
> There can be interesting interactions with WINS browsing and DNS in mixed
> environments. When I use the server name (server is Win2K Pro), it works
> with no problem, but when I use the IP address, I get a couple of warnings
> like:
> 
> 28129: session request to 172.16.17.253 failed (Called name not present)
> 28129: session request to 172 failed (Called name not present)
> 
> The mount does work, but I get these messages. Apparently, this is due to
> differences in how Win2K and Samba work (a search turned up a number of
> references like
> http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba-ntdom/2000-October/048916.html ) A
> possibility is that "cx267762-k" is resolved in DNS but the IP address isn't
> (presumably cx267762-k is your external name, but 192.168.1.200 doesn't
> resolve in DNS). In my case, the server name IS resolvable via DNS.  What is
> the netbios name of the Windows box? Something like "smbmount
> //netbiosname/download /mnt/bobpc -o username=rgc,ip=192.168.1.200" might
> work, or better make sure netbiosname is resolved via DNS.
> 
> > Second question:
> > If I want to mount this share automatically, can I put it it /etc/fstab?
> 
> Yes. Here's an entry from mine:
> 
> //server/backups /mnt/backups    smbfs   username=backups,password=password
> 0    0
> 
> The only problem I've noted is in the options field. I don't want this to
> mount automatically at boot, but if I put "noauto" in the options, I get
> error messages at boot time. Other than that, it works quite well and I use
> Samba in place of NFS to keep life simple.
> 
> Let us know if this helps!
> 
> - Bob
> 
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