samba woes

[Aaron Grewell]

> > Try smbclient \\\\BUILDS\\BIOS -U DOMAIN\\USER
> >
> > You should get a Password: prompt, and then be in at an ftp-style 
> > client interface.
> 
> That works!  So why isn't a smbmount command working?

I'm not sure.  Smbclient and smbfs/cifs are written by different teams, so
it's tough to say.  WRT your current setup, are you using smbfs or cifs?
Are you using PAM to integrate passwords?  From what you've said, it sounds
like a pretty vanilla mount with the UID/password encoded in a text file.
In that case, you may want to switch fs modules.  Cifs isn't as well-tested,
but it supports more of the new features of 2k/2003, which may matter if
your domain has been updated or tightened down recently.  OTOH, if you're
using cifs then smbfs is a good cross-check as it's been around a long time
and should handle basic functionality just fine under most circumstances.
Smbclient is the ultimate fallback for testing, since it's written by the
Samba team who know more about SMB/CIFS than MS does.