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nightfrost

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2005-04-16

Posts: 647

cifs problems (netbios name & owner)

I have a few problems with cifs mounting. The scenario is as follows. I have one main computer that I use regularly where I am the only user (hence uid 1000). I also have access to another computer where I am the second user (hence uid 1001). What I want to do is to mount my regular computer's user directory on the other computer.

First problem is that I have to use the ip number:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/nightfrost /home/nightfrost -o username=nightfrost,password=passwd,uid=nightfrost

replacing 192.168.1.3 with (in this case) `apollon` gives

mount error: could not find target server. TCP name apollon/Khashayar not found
No ip address specified and hostname not found

Second problem is that the owner of the files in the mounted directory is 1000, and not 1001, hence not the relevant user.