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Unable to mount CIFS share - Not a directory
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<blockquote data-quote="idiotSavant" data-source="post: 331102" data-attributes="member: 236183"><p>Firstly, apologies if you've seen this posted on another forum - I'm desperate!</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to mount a drive that works perfectly well when attaching from a PC or laptop.</p><p></p><p>In an attempt to get it working, I haven't set a password. It's a NAS box which has no way to set a user, although looking at ways of setting up CIFS, it shouldn't pose a problem.</p><p></p><p>The syntax I have tried is:</p><p></p><p>mount -t cifs //192.168.1.252/dreambox /hdd -o user=db,password=db</p><p></p><p>- this works fine mounting PC and laptop drives to the dreambox, but returns "mount: Mounting //192.168.1.252/dreambox on /hdd failed: Not a directory" when attempting the NAS box.</p><p></p><p>After a bit of searching, I discovered the smbmount command. Typing:</p><p></p><p>smbmount //192.168.1.252/dreambox -I 192.168.1.252 -N</p><p></p><p>then "mount /hdd" at the "smb: \>" prompt mounts the drive, as the mount command shows:</p><p>//192.168.1.252/DREAMBOX on /var/mnt/hdd type smbfs (rw,nodiratime,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755)</p><p></p><p>I've tried mounting //192.168.1.252/DREAMBOX as well - this also gives the "Not a directory" error (I guess that the capitalisation is a FAT32 thing).</p><p></p><p>Any ideas, or do I need to script the smbmount command ?</p><p></p><p></p><p>If anyone is interested, it's from Maplins. The first box I got didn't work, which is a common problem.</p><p>The box works OK when mounted - record and playback with little or no stutter, although the dreambox refuses to record some channels - I think that this may be related to the names that the box gives the recordings.</p><p>But for 35 quid + disk I really can't complain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idiotSavant, post: 331102, member: 236183"] Firstly, apologies if you've seen this posted on another forum - I'm desperate! I'm trying to mount a drive that works perfectly well when attaching from a PC or laptop. In an attempt to get it working, I haven't set a password. It's a NAS box which has no way to set a user, although looking at ways of setting up CIFS, it shouldn't pose a problem. The syntax I have tried is: mount -t cifs //192.168.1.252/dreambox /hdd -o user=db,password=db - this works fine mounting PC and laptop drives to the dreambox, but returns "mount: Mounting //192.168.1.252/dreambox on /hdd failed: Not a directory" when attempting the NAS box. After a bit of searching, I discovered the smbmount command. Typing: smbmount //192.168.1.252/dreambox -I 192.168.1.252 -N then "mount /hdd" at the "smb: \>" prompt mounts the drive, as the mount command shows: //192.168.1.252/DREAMBOX on /var/mnt/hdd type smbfs (rw,nodiratime,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755) I've tried mounting //192.168.1.252/DREAMBOX as well - this also gives the "Not a directory" error (I guess that the capitalisation is a FAT32 thing). Any ideas, or do I need to script the smbmount command ? If anyone is interested, it's from Maplins. The first box I got didn't work, which is a common problem. The box works OK when mounted - record and playback with little or no stutter, although the dreambox refuses to record some channels - I think that this may be related to the names that the box gives the recordings. But for 35 quid + disk I really can't complain. [/QUOTE]
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