[Bug 521397] [NEW] Unable to mount shares from Windows ME

[David Lee Lambert]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

I'm having trouble mounting two directories shared from a Windows ME
computer on the local network.  I can mount them fine from Debian Etch
and Windows XP; in the past I've mounted them fine from Ubuntu B, D, G
and H, from Slackware, from earlier versions of Debian and from Windows
Server 2003.

On a computer I recently upgraded to Jaunty,  I have the following two
lines in /etc/fstab (after editing in response to a message about
"dmask" and "fmask" being deprecated):

//PurpleComputer/DQFILES  /purple/dqfiles  		cifs  rw,auto,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770,gid=dq,noperm,credentials=/root/for-PurpleComputer.cred   0 3
//PurpleComputer/PROGRAMFILES  /purple/programfiles  	cifs rw,auto,file_mode=0444,dir_mode=0555,noperm,credentials=/root/for-PurpleComputer.cred   0 2

The first share is shared from Windows ME as read-write with a share
password;  the second is shared as read-only with no password.  "ping
PurpleComputer" and "smbclient -L //PurpleComputer" both work fine.

# mount /purple/programfiles
mount error(2): No such file or directory
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
# mount /purple/dqfiles
mount error(2): No such file or directory
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
# mount | grep /purple
# apt-cache policy smbfs
smbfs:
  Instalados: 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.3
  Candidato: 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.3
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
     2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.7 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages

On another computer I recently performed a fresh install of Intrepid.
Mounting the same share also fails,  but with a different error-message:

$ sudo smbmount \\\\PurpleComputer\\DQFILES /purple/dqfiles/ -o uid=davidl,file_mask=0660
mount error: could not find target server. TCP name PurpleComputer/DQFILES not found
No ip address specified and hostname not found

I know this sounds like bug 235560,  but I've checked /etc/nsswitch.conf
and /etc/samba/smb.conf,  and they seem to be appropriate.  I am able to
mount a SMB share shared by Debian Etch with Jaunty.

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- Unable to mount shares from Windows ME after upgrade to Karmic
+ Unable to mount shares from Windows ME

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Unable to mount shares from Windows ME
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521397
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