I know I am chiming in her rather late, but I have had problems in the past mounting my Buffalo NAS from Linux. This is what I have in my fstab - //192.168.25.3/USB_Storage /mnt/readyshare cifs rw,nounix,dom=PMI,user=xxxxxxx,password=xxxxxxxxx,uid=mark,gid=mark,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 0 0 Check your syslog and/or dmesg when you mount. I had errors in the logs even though I could read and write the NAS drive. I found that I needed the nounix command to get rid of some of the errors. This error: [2480664.321842] CIFS VFS: Send error in SETFSUnixInfo = -5 [2480664.321870] CIFS VFS: Negotiating Unix capabilities with the server failed. Consider mounting with the Unix Extensions [2480664.321873] disabled, if problems are found, by specifying the nounix mount option. needed nounix to stop this error. I still get lots of these after using nounix (note the time stamps) [Fri Aug 23 08:42:20 2013] CIFS VFS: Received no data, expecting 4 [Fri Aug 23 08:44:20 2013] CIFS VFS: Received no data, expecting 4 [Fri Aug 23 08:46:20 2013] CIFS VFS: Received no data, expecting 4 From what I have read on Google searches for this error, I have to wait for Linux 3.2 to remove these errors. I am using Linux version 3.1.0-1-amd64 (Debian 3.1.8-2) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.6.2 (Debian 4.6.2-11) on one machine and Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-48squeeze3) ( dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) on another machine and both exhibit this error. But transferring files works. Mark On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 08/22/2013 10:55 PM, Wayne Davis wrote: >> IT FRIGGIN WORKS! >> > > Yay! > > I had to do a bit more investigating, BUT at least you gave the foundation >> Matt! I thank EVERYONE involved. It was a road to get here, but HERE I >> AM. >> sudo mount.cifs -o sec=ntlm,username=XXXX,**password=XXXX >> ///SHARE /mnt/other >> > > This is actually a bit odd. sec=ntlm is the default setting here on this > older CentOS box. I wonder if they've changed the default setting to > sec=ntlm2 on the most recent Samba packages or something. (NTLM2 is only > available on recent 'Doze machines IIRC, while NTLM has been available for > a very long time.) > > > I went back to the NAS and set it to "public". Now I do not need >> the USER/PASS >> > > This is less secure, but if this is only available to your home network, > convenience may be more important than security. > > > It wound up being SO simple and I knew it was... >> > > Many things are when you know all the stuff that's happening. "The > password for this automated job is 'password509'." Fat-finger this as > 'password508'. Spend a long time wondering why the automated job isn't > working, because the error messages from the job failing are being sent to > someone who isn't me who's wondering why they're getting fail mail. > > > Matt, if you're ever up here in North Phoenix, let me buy you >> a beer or 3 (Cave Creek Rd /Union Hills area) IF your old >> enough to do so of course.... >> > > That's a bit of a ways to go for me (Tempe, south of ASU) but I'll keep it > in mind if I'm ever out there. I remember using Logo on an Apple //c > without a color monitor in the 1980s, so I'm probably old enough :-) . > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >