[ExtractStream] samba

[Rob]

At 17:00 25/08/02 -0700, Russ Parsons wrote:

>OK I give up
>I have downloaded, CHMOD ed to executable the smbfs-2.0.1.o and smbmount 
>files.
>I load the smbfs-2.0.1.o file (insmod f smbfs-2.0.1.o) and it seems to 
>load OK (with the wrong version warning of course.)

all pretty good

>Then-- I run the smbmount command:
>./smbmount //Htpc/tivo /var/hack/movies I 192.168.1.15 n

Hmm. compare this with the post you quote


>smbmount //pc/CDRIVE /mnt/windows/ -I 192.168.1.2 -P password

are you putting the - in before the I and N or is it looking missing just a 
typo?

>My windows box (at 192.168.1.15) is called Htpc and the share name is 
>tivo. I have no password on the share (hence the -n option.) and I get 
>this error:
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>mount error: Invalid argument
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>Please look at smbmount's manual page for possible reasons
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>bash-2.02#
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>I have tried all possibilities as far as case goes in the //Htpc/tivo 
>source but always the same error.
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>When I ping from the Tivo to 192.168.1.15 it responds fine. When I try to 
>ping to the server name //Htpc, if fails to resolve the name. I think my 
>whole smbmount problem is the name resolution for /Htpc. I have tried to 
>add Htpc to the hosts file on the Tivo but it still will not ping 
>/Htpc. MAYBE, I am entering the Htpc to the hosts file 
>incorrectly-- what is the correct syntax for this?

The TiVo certainly doesn't manage DNS resolution; I'm under the 
understanding that any sort of name resolution doesn't work (including 
hosts file) hence the reason for specifying the IP addresses.



>Any ideas as to why this has never worked?
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>BTW I have the 3.0 software on the Tivo-- does it matter?
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>Thanks,
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>Russ Parsons