From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 06:21:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1B316A4BF for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:21:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.mnet.bg (home.mnet.bg [193.110.223.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0595143FF5 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:21:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpenev@mnet.bg) Received: from localhost (home [127.0.0.1]) by home.mnet.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5070D3B332; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:21:51 +0300 (EEST) Received: from home.mnet.bg ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (home [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13455-01-2; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:21:51 +0300 (EEST) Received: from venus.dpsca.bg (ip220-81.mnet.bg [193.110.220.81]) by home.mnet.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D2B3B326; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:04:45 +0300 (EEST) Received: from earth.dpsca.bg (earth.dpsca.bg [fec0::1:1]) by venus.dpsca.bg (8.11.3nb1/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h8DCugk00279; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:56:42 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from dpenev@localhost) by earth.dpsca.bg (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8DD4QEJ002399; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:04:26 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from dpenev) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:04:26 +0300 From: Dancho Penev To: sebastian ssmoller Message-ID: <20030913130426.GA1771@earth.dpsca.bg> Mail-Followup-To: sebastian ssmoller , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030913070011.62055.qmail@web21105.mail.yahoo.com> <1063444977.846.9.camel@tyrael.linnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1063444977.846.9.camel@tyrael.linnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616 at mnet.bg cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smbmount problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:21:59 -0000 On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 11:22:57AM +0200, sebastian ssmoller wrote: >From: sebastian ssmoller >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Date: 13 Sep 2003 11:22:57 +0200 >Subject: smbmount problem > >hi, >i am running fbsd 5.1. when i try to mount a samba share on a debian >system i get : >smbfs: server name "x.y" too long >the server name is 16 chars long and i found out (looking at the >sources) that there is a limit of 15. > >my question: why is there such a limit? (i used this share from several In Windows world computer's NetBIOS names are limited to 15 bytes, so I suppose that the author of mount_smbfs is conform with that. >linux distros without any problem). does this mean i have to change the >hostname of the debian system (which could not be really a solution...) No, just use "netbios name" option in smb.conf, and attend name to be no more than 15 chars long. >or is there any other workaround ? > >thx for ur help >seb > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Dancho Penev