[NTLUG:Discuss] Samba and XP

Bug Hunter bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net
Tue Feb 26 10:08:07 CST 2002


 If you are using the XP "Home" version, it lacks the ability to mount
shares across tcp/ip, IIRC.  switch to XP Professional or Windows 2000.

On 26 Feb 2002, Patrick Parks wrote:

> I am trying to mount a Windows XP share on my Red Hat 7.2 Laptop. the
> following is what I am getting:
> 
> [root at Vaio pparks]# mount -t smbfs -o username=pparks,password=******
> //192.168.0.1/Backup /home/pparks/Network/Backup/
> 7946: session request to 192.168.0.1 failed (Called name not present)
> 7946: session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
> 
> 
> I am not sure what is happening here, could anyone help out? thanks.
> 
> Patrick Parks
> 
> 





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