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 found a couple of caveats that impact smbmount.  Apparently it doesn't
like:
1) Passwords that have leading spaces (specific to the credentials file)
2) Passwords that have commas (specific to the CLI)

So if you're being secure with your new password that may be the issue.  Try
using something without any spaces or commas, just for drill.  Also, if
you're interested in using cifs instead this may be of help:

http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.g
it;a=blob;h=7b4ac096cd114d34e623bafaed91b85ba4a95e62