[arch-general] Help mounting Windows drive

Randy

10 Sep 2012 10 Sep '12

1:25 a.m.

In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command: "mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/" Now when I try this I receive the message: "Unable to find suitable address". I am able to ping the IP address without any problem. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks, Randy

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rafael ff1

10 Sep 10 Sep

1:36 a.m.

2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy

Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ? Rafael

Randy

1:57 a.m.

On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

Rafael

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

gt

1:16 p.m.

On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 09:57:06PM -0400, Randy wrote:

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On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

Try mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD \\\\192.168.1.107\\Users\\gumper /mnt/share

Daniel Pirek

6:51 p.m.

iirc i mounted my windows shares with WORKGROUP\\Username , have you tried that ? Pi Randy wrote:

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On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

Rafael

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

Randy

9:56 p.m.

On 09/10/2012 02:51 PM, Daniel Pirek wrote:

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iirc i mounted my windows shares with WORKGROUP\\Username , have you tried that ?

Pi

Randy wrote:

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On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

Rafael

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was finally able to get it going. Apparently the IP address changed on the Windows system. I was pinging what I thought was the correct IP address and getting a reply back but I must have been pinging another device, possibly an Ipod touch. I wasn't aware that the IP address on the pc could change like it did. I need to look into how to fix it to the same IP address so that I don't have the same problem in the future. Randy

Nelson Marambio

10:03 p.m.

Am 10.09.2012 23:56, schrieb Randy:

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On 09/10/2012 02:51 PM, Daniel Pirek wrote:

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iirc i mounted my windows shares with WORKGROUP\\Username , have you tried that ?

Pi

Randy wrote:

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On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

Rafael

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was finally able to get it going. Apparently the IP address changed on the Windows system. I was pinging what I thought was the correct IP address and getting a reply back but I must have been pinging another device, possibly an Ipod touch.

I wasn't aware that the IP address on the pc could change like it did. I need to look into how to fix it to the same IP address so that I don't have the same problem in the future.

Randy

Hi, you could have a look at your router configuration. In most cases you can reserve a fixed IP for your devices, identified by their MAC address. Concering Netgear routers the reservation is just two clicks ahead if the relevant devices are up and connected to the router. Kind regards, Nelson.

Randy

11 Sep 11 Sep

1:34 a.m.

On 09/10/2012 06:03 PM, Nelson Marambio wrote:

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Am 10.09.2012 23:56, schrieb Randy:

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On 09/10/2012 02:51 PM, Daniel Pirek wrote:

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iirc i mounted my windows shares with WORKGROUP\\Username , have you tried that ?

Pi

Randy wrote:

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On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:

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2012/9/9 Randy :

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?

Rafael

I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was finally able to get it going. Apparently the IP address changed on the Windows system. I was pinging what I thought was the correct IP address and getting a reply back but I must have been pinging another device, possibly an Ipod touch.

I wasn't aware that the IP address on the pc could change like it did. I need to look into how to fix it to the same IP address so that I don't have the same problem in the future.

Randy

Hi,

you could have a look at your router configuration. In most cases you can reserve a fixed IP for your devices, identified by their MAC address.

Concering Netgear routers the reservation is just two clicks ahead if the relevant devices are up and connected to the router.

Kind regards, Nelson.

Thanks Nelson. I'll take a look at my router settings to see what I can figure out. Randy

Figue

10 Sep 10 Sep

2:05 p.m.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:25 AM, Randy wrote:

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy

I use a plain text file for credentials, something like: mount.cifs 192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share -o rw,noserverino,uid=1000,credentials=/etc/.cifs where /etc/.cifs is: username=myuser password=mypass domain=mydomain In a single line would be: mount.cifs 192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share -o rw,noserverino,uid=1000,username=myuser,password=mypass,domain=mydomain PD: uid it's optional to your current user. -- $(Figue)

Stephen Martin

2:23 p.m.

Is /Users a valid share on your system? Sent from my iPhone On 10 Sep 2012, at 02:25, Randy wrote:

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy

Tom Rand

6:37 p.m.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 03:23:27PM +0100, Stephen Martin wrote:

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Is /Users a valid share on your system?

Sent from my iPhone

On 10 Sep 2012, at 02:25, Randy wrote:

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In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the following command:

"mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"

Now when I try this I receive the message:

"Unable to find suitable address".

I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Randy

If he has shared the home folder for his username then Users would be a valid share but you would only see the folder pertaining to said user name so: C:\Users\gumper would give access to C:\Users but the folder gumper would be the only folder/item visible

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