How to mount samba folder within a NT Domain network?

[Leonard Isham]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:33:25 +0800, Justin Zhao <zzj at mobell.com.cn> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:50:33 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> > Am Do, den 28.10.2004 schrieb Justin Zhao um 7:34:
> >
> > > [root at localhost mnt]# mount -t smbfs -o
> > > ro,workgroup=XXX,username=XXX,password=XXX //mobellsvr2/SW_Share
> > > /mnt/win1
> > > 10177: Connection to mobellsvr2 failed
> > > SMB connection failed
> >
> > Sound like port blocking by a firewalling. Keep care on the Fedora
> > machine the SMB/NMB ports are open (system-config-security).
> 
> Replace the server name with IP address, I mount the share folder
> successfully. The NT share server and my PC are in the same LAN.
> 
> Thanks for you advice.
> 
> But I still don't know why does the name not work in Linux. There is no
> problem in NT OS.

I don't know the details of Samba, but basically you are not resolving
the NetBios names.  You need to configure the Samba client for this.
-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.