Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 06:15:48 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mount_smbfs: syserr: Authetication error (option -N) Message-ID: <20150716061548.7cc71511@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> In-Reply-To: <CAG7WopmY3Uh2POgujXNR2nMuK%2Bkby0kvHaG8-20-YnPPG=7kQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20150714155848.7ee77773@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <CAG7WopmY3Uh2POgujXNR2nMuK%2Bkby0kvHaG8-20-YnPPG=7kQw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:55:38 -0400 David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:58 AM, O. Hartmann > <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > Running CURRENT and trying to mount a "share" provided by a M$ Windows > > 2012R2 server via autofs fails with an authetication error. > > > > I tested successfully to mount the share via mount_smbfs manually, but > > whenever I provide the option "-N" I receive this sticky authentication > > error. > > > > The manpage for mount_smbfs refers to /etc/nsmb.conf and therein the > > password should be provided in cleartext or simple encrypted. Further, the > > FreeBSD onboard tool "smbutil crypt SOMEPASSWORD" is suggested, creating a > > weak obscured password hash for exactly the purpose I described above. > > > <snip> > If your password is longer than 18 characters, then the smbutil crypt > function will fail. > > I put in a bug report on this a few years ago. > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132302 > > Short answer, if you are running into this problem, either patch your > smbutil function, or use a shorter password. There is a workaround > patch included in the bug report. > > If you are having a different problem, good luck, but submit a report > if it is not the same issue. > > Dave Horn Hello. Thank you very much for yor answer. My problem was much more trivial than a overlong password: I did not realise that in nsmb.conf, the tags for the [SHARE:USER] description has to be all uppercase. The documentation is regarding to this not very convenient to read. Oliver Hartmann
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