Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:24:24 +0300 (EEST) From: "Dancho Penev" <dpenev@mnet.bg> To: "sebastian ssmoller" <sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smbmount problem Message-ID: <3521.193.110.220.81.1063484664.squirrel@mail.mnet.bg> In-Reply-To: <1063469519.749.13.camel@tyrael.linnet> References: <20030913070011.62055.qmail@web21105.mail.yahoo.com> <1063444977.846.9.camel@tyrael.linnet> <20030913130426.GA1771@earth.dpsca.bg> <1063469519.749.13.camel@tyrael.linnet>
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> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 15:04, Dancho Penev wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 11:22:57AM +0200, sebastian ssmoller wrote: >> >From: sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net> >> >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. > > i tried that but i found out that the netbios name in the smb.conf > (client and server) is already shorter than 15 chars. > the problem seems to be that the full qualified name hostname.domain (as > used in the mount command line and as returned by the nameserver) is > longer than 15 chars. but this should be ok, shouldn't it ? Yes, this isn't problem. What command you use to mount the share? > > any ideas ? > > thx > seb >> >> >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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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