[UniMacTech] Leopard SMB mounting issue

[Jared Heaphy]

I get a generic 'mount error' message and then a -6602 error when  
using Finder to connect.  When I use the terminal it says "Broken pipe".

Thanks


On 23/09/2008, at 12:18 PM, Dave Sole wrote:

> What are the error messages ?
>
> Have you tried with 'mount' via command line - it may give you more  
> verbose information.
>
>
>
> Jared Heaphy wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I  have started experiencing slightly different smb mount issues  
>> too with 10.5 machines. There are two file servers that they  
>> connect to, a Windows 2003 and an Ubuntu 7.10 server, both use  
>> Active Directory for authentication. The 2003 shares connect fine,  
>> albeit too low in the share path. The Ubuntu shares are  
>> inconsistent. Some will mount perfectly while others will fail with  
>> errors. If I reboot the Mac and connect to the troublesome shares,  
>> they work straight away.
>>
>> It's a bit of a head scratcher so if anyone has any advice...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jared Heaphy
>> Staff Computer Support/System Administrator
>> School of Medicine & Health Sciences
>> University of Otago, Wellington
>> 385-5541 ext 6539
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19/09/2008, at 3:32 PM, Takeo Echizenya wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am wondering if anyone is experiencing a SMB mounting issue when  
>>> connecting to shares hosted on a Win2K3 AD Kerberized server?  The  
>>> issue appears to affect Leopard only.  Shares mount fine on  
>>> 10.4.11 client.
>>>
>>> The issue appears to be in all builds of 10.5 including 10.5.5.   
>>> Basically the client machine has no issues binding or  
>>> authenticating against the AD server, but when attempting to mount  
>>> an SMB/CIFS share it prompts for reauthentication.  This shouldn't  
>>> be the case if Kerberos is running correctly.
>>>
>>> According to Kerberos.app, the client/login has received the  
>>> correct ticket.  The issue is only affected when doing it via the  
>>> GUI i.e. Connect to Server.  If the mount_smbfs command is used to  
>>> mount the share, the share mounts successfully without prompting  
>>> for reauthentication.
>>>
>>> I have also found the same "authentication prompt" issue when  
>>> printing to AD print queues.  Otherwise printing to AD print  
>>> queues is fine after entering login details.
>>>
>>> Mounting SMB shares is not so much of an issue for us at the  
>>> moment, as I can write a script to automount the shares upon user  
>>> login and has proven to work fine so far.  It will only be an  
>>> issue if a user decides to mount shares manually that are not  
>>> already mounted.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on this?  Searching in the forums, some users are  
>>> experiencing the same problem.  Apparently it is a known issue  
>>> that is still yet to be fixed.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Takeo
>>>
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Jared Heaphy
Staff Computer Support/System Administrator
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Otago, Wellington
385-5541 ext 6539




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