From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 13:03:47 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 25FDA16A4BF for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:03:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA2B43F93 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:03:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@bramp.freeserve.co.uk) Received: from Andrew ([81.102.229.151]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with SMTP id <20030823200341.CVCR9588.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@Andrew>; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:03:41 +0100 Message-ID: <038101c369b1$b75f7480$97e56651@Andrew> From: "Andrew Brampton" To: "Paul Querna" , References: <20030823185730.M82243@force-elite.com> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:04:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: SMBFS - Usernames with @ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:03:47 -0000 Hi, Have you tried doing: mount_smbfs -U PQuerna@carroll.edu -I saints //server/username$ /mnt/carroll/xdrive At my university I have to use the -U parameter to access the server, I don't know why but it works when I do... Also I have to add the -W flag to set the correct workgroup. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Querna" To: Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:57 PM Subject: SMBFS - Usernames with @ > I am trying to mount a share with a Username with a @ in it. > > The man pages all say that you use the following form: > //user@host/share > > My School only has documentation for Windows on setting up the Network Shares. In all > the windows docs they always use the form username@carroll.edu -- ie pquerna@carroll.edu > > My Attempts: > mount_smbfs -I saints //PQuerna@carroll.edu@server/username$ /mnt/carroll/xdrive > Gives: > mount_smbfs: server name 'carroll.edu@server' too long > > I tried it without the @carroll.edu, in the hope it might work... > mount_smbfs -I saints //PQuerna@server/username$ /mnt/carroll/xdrive > Password: > mount_smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = Authentication error > > It Prompts for my password, and then fails, because its the wrong user. > > I also tried adding quotes around the username, escaping(\) the @, but nothing seemed to > work. > > I looked around google for abit, but it doesn't seem to even use symbols when i search for > somthing, so i couldn't find jack about this via my normal euphoric rescue on google. > > Any ideas before i get the source code out and hardcode some stuff? > > -chip > _______________________________________________ > 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" >