This is on mint 21.3
I have run the same mount statement in a Script for years.
It mounts a samba share. I ran it for periodic backups.
Recently the backup machine stopped working. It is getting on a bit.
I substituted another equally old but working machine and edited the
script to substitute its URL.
mount -v -t cifs -o rw,noperm,user=<xxxx>,password=<yyyy>,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data/
It returns mount error(22): Invalid argument
I have been scratching my head over this for several days.
I haven't found anything on the WWW that has helped.
TIA
On 6/13/2024 5:05 PM, pinnerite wrote:
This is on mint 21.3
I have run the same mount statement in a Script for years.
It mounts a samba share. I ran it for periodic backups.
Recently the backup machine stopped working. It is getting on a bit.
I substituted another equally old but working machine and edited the
script to substitute its URL.
mount -v -t cifs -o rw,noperm,user=<xxxx>,password=<yyyy>,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data/
It returns mount error(22): Invalid argument
I have been scratching my head over this for several days.
I haven't found anything on the WWW that has helped.
TIA
Is /spare/albury/Data mounted ?
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:43:20 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
On 6/13/2024 5:05 PM, pinnerite wrote:
This is on mint 21.3
I have run the same mount statement in a Script for years.
It mounts a samba share. I ran it for periodic backups.
Recently the backup machine stopped working. It is getting on a bit.
I substituted another equally old but working machine and edited the script to substitute its URL.
mount -v -t cifs -o rw,noperm,user=<xxxx>,password=<yyyy>,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data/
It returns mount error(22): Invalid argument
I have been scratching my head over this for several days.
I haven't found anything on the WWW that has helped.
TIA
Is /spare/albury/Data mounted ?
Sorry I have conflated two problems.
First the url should have been //192.168.1.100/data
That represents a samba share.
/spare/albury/Data/ is where it is mounted.
Next the line above beginning rw,noperm is a continuation of the line above.
Since correcting the mount statement and running:
$ mount -t cifs
It returned:
//192.168.1.100/data/ on /spare/albury/Data type cifs (plus much detail)
$ df returned:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on //192.168.1.100/data/ 913806868 213880 867100880 1% /spare/albury/Data
So it looks as though the mount is working!
Thank you for helping to penetrate my self-made fog.
Alan
--
Linux Mint 21.3 kernel version 5.15.0-112-generic Cinnamon 6.0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6600, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 2TB Barracuda
This is a summary of where I amm now.
The share section in smb.conf on 192.168.1.100
[data]
comment = data
path = /home/Data
valid users = alan
admin users = alan
read only = No
The target drive is 192.168.1.4
I am trying to mount it on /spare/albury/Data.
This is the mount command:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data --verbose -o rw,noperm,username=alan,password=conte55a,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan
The above should all be one line. It returns:
mount error(6): No such device or address
It is unclear which device or address.
I have read through the man page for cifs. That added nothing to what I already knew.
$ smbclient -L //192.168.1.100 alan ## Displays all the shares correctly
I cannot think of anything else to try. :(
Linux Mint 21.3 kernel version 5.15.0-112-generic Cinnamon 6.0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6600, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 2TB Barracuda
/spare/albury/Data/ is where it is mounted.
pinnerite wrote on 14/6/24 11:57 pm:
<Snip>
/spare/albury/Data/ is where it is mounted.
<Snip>
This could be totally off the mark but, pinnerite, if I were to mention 'Wodonga' would that mean anything to you?? ;-P
--
Daniel
On 6/15/2024 1:23 PM, pinnerite wrote:
This is a summary of where I amm now.
The share section in smb.conf on 192.168.1.100
[data]
comment = data
path = /home/Data
valid users = alan
admin users = alan
read only = No
The target drive is 192.168.1.4
I am trying to mount it on /spare/albury/Data.
This is the mount command:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data --verbose -o rw,noperm,username=alan,password=conte55a,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan
The above should all be one line. It returns:
mount error(6): No such device or address
It is unclear which device or address.
I have read through the man page for cifs. That added nothing to what I already knew.
$ smbclient -L //192.168.1.100 alan ## Displays all the shares correctly
I cannot think of anything else to try. :(
Linux Mint 21.3 kernel version 5.15.0-112-generic Cinnamon 6.0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6600, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 2TB Barracuda
I tested here on LM213TST and it worked.
Note that in my case, it did not accept the passage of an inline password, and insisted I type the password into the terminal. This could have consequences
if buried in a script, such as you might be doing. I would recommend switching
the syntax, to the syntax that uses a file containing USER and PASS information.
But just for the sake of showing, "something works", which is ultra-important with SAMBA issues, here goes...
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/sharemount
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.2.102/ramdrive /mnt/sharemount --verbose -o rw,noperm,username=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,vers=1.0,uid=bullwinkle
Password for bullwinkle@//192.168.2.102/ramdrive:
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.2.102,unc=\\192.168.2.102\ramdrive,noperm,vers=1.0,uid=1000,user=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,pass=ZZZZZ
Listing the contents of /mnt/sharemount now, contained the remote content.
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo umount /mnt/sharemount # clean up later
I see two friction-points, considering yours used to work before.
1) Your workgroup details changed or are different on the two machines.
Check the declaration in /etc/samba/smb.conf
2) The password behavior I observed, needs to be corrected.
Try passing credentials by indirection (use the file with the USER and PASS info in it).
It's like it was slapping my fingers.
I passed this:
username=bullwinkle,password=something
and the response I get is
Enter the password for bullwinkle, you twit
Which means it is warning me of the security implications of putting
the password in the script. The perms on the credential file can be
600, to make the thing feel better about itself.
Paul
On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 19:44:38 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
On 6/15/2024 1:23 PM, pinnerite wrote:
This is a summary of where I amm now.
The share section in smb.conf on 192.168.1.100
[data]
comment = data
path = /home/Data
valid users = alan
admin users = alan
read only = No
The target drive is 192.168.1.4
I am trying to mount it on /spare/albury/Data.
This is the mount command:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data --verbose -o
rw,noperm,username=alan,password=conte55a,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan >>>
The above should all be one line. It returns:
mount error(6): No such device or address
It is unclear which device or address.
I have read through the man page for cifs. That added nothing to what I already knew.
$ smbclient -L //192.168.1.100 alan ## Displays all the shares correctly >>>
I cannot think of anything else to try. :(
Linux Mint 21.3 kernel version 5.15.0-112-generic Cinnamon 6.0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6600, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 2TB Barracuda
I tested here on LM213TST and it worked.
Note that in my case, it did not accept the passage of an inline password, >> and insisted I type the password into the terminal. This could have consequences
if buried in a script, such as you might be doing. I would recommend switching
the syntax, to the syntax that uses a file containing USER and PASS information.
But just for the sake of showing, "something works", which is ultra-important
with SAMBA issues, here goes...
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/sharemount
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.2.102/ramdrive /mnt/sharemount --verbose -o rw,noperm,username=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,vers=1.0,uid=bullwinkle
Password for bullwinkle@//192.168.2.102/ramdrive:
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.2.102,unc=\\192.168.2.102\ramdrive,noperm,vers=1.0,uid=1000,user=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,pass=ZZZZZ
Listing the contents of /mnt/sharemount now, contained the remote content. >>
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo umount /mnt/sharemount # clean up later
I see two friction-points, considering yours used to work before.
1) Your workgroup details changed or are different on the two machines.
Check the declaration in /etc/samba/smb.conf
2) The password behavior I observed, needs to be corrected.
Try passing credentials by indirection (use the file with the USER and PASS info in it).
It's like it was slapping my fingers.
I passed this:
username=bullwinkle,password=something
and the response I get is
Enter the password for bullwinkle, you twit
Which means it is warning me of the security implications of putting
the password in the script. The perms on the credential file can be
600, to make the thing feel better about itself.
Paul
I tried what you suggested but I still get mount error (6)
I appreciate your efforts though.
Alan
On 6/16/2024 8:29 AM, pinnerite wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 19:44:38 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
On 6/15/2024 1:23 PM, pinnerite wrote:
This is a summary of where I amm now.
The share section in smb.conf on 192.168.1.100
[data]
comment = data
path = /home/Data
valid users = alan
admin users = alan
read only = No
The target drive is 192.168.1.4
I am trying to mount it on /spare/albury/Data.
This is the mount command:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.4/data/ /spare/albury/Data --verbose -o >>> rw,noperm,username=alan,password=conte55a,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan
The above should all be one line. It returns:
mount error(6): No such device or address
It is unclear which device or address.
I have read through the man page for cifs. That added nothing to what I already knew.
$ smbclient -L //192.168.1.100 alan ## Displays all the shares correctly
I cannot think of anything else to try. :(
Linux Mint 21.3 kernel version 5.15.0-112-generic Cinnamon 6.0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6600, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 2TB Barracuda
I tested here on LM213TST and it worked.
Note that in my case, it did not accept the passage of an inline password, >> and insisted I type the password into the terminal. This could have consequences
if buried in a script, such as you might be doing. I would recommend switching
the syntax, to the syntax that uses a file containing USER and PASS information.
But just for the sake of showing, "something works", which is ultra-important
with SAMBA issues, here goes...
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/sharemount
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.2.102/ramdrive /mnt/sharemount --verbose -o rw,noperm,username=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,vers=1.0,uid=bullwinkle
Password for bullwinkle@//192.168.2.102/ramdrive:
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.2.102,unc=\\192.168.2.102\ramdrive,noperm,vers=1.0,uid=1000,user=bullwinkle,domain=WORKGROUP,pass=ZZZZZ
Listing the contents of /mnt/sharemount now, contained the remote content. >>
bullwinkle@LM213TST:~$ sudo umount /mnt/sharemount # clean up later
I see two friction-points, considering yours used to work before.
1) Your workgroup details changed or are different on the two machines.
Check the declaration in /etc/samba/smb.conf
2) The password behavior I observed, needs to be corrected.
Try passing credentials by indirection (use the file with the USER and PASS info in it).
It's like it was slapping my fingers.
I passed this:
username=bullwinkle,password=something
and the response I get is
Enter the password for bullwinkle, you twit
Which means it is warning me of the security implications of putting
the password in the script. The perms on the credential file can be
600, to make the thing feel better about itself.
Paul
I tried what you suggested but I still get mount error (6)
I appreciate your efforts though.
Alan
Which of these did you intend to use ?
//192.168.1.4/data/ ## albury
//192.168.1.100/data/ ## lakeland
Paul
On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:58:13 +1000
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
pinnerite wrote on 14/6/24 11:57 pm:
<Snip>
/spare/albury/Data/ is where it is mounted.
<Snip>
This could be totally off the mark but, pinnerite, if I were to mention
'Wodonga' would that mean anything to you?? ;-P
Is that in Australia?
Alan
Sorry the (except).
The backup should have gone to /spare/albury/Data but instead went
to /spare/albury/Data/Data. A slash to few or too many I guess.
pinnerite wrote:
Sorry the (except).
The backup should have gone to /spare/albury/Data but instead went
to /spare/albury/Data/Data. A slash to few or too many I guess.
Common rsync error. If you want to backup contents of dir
'/target/path/Data' to '/backup/path/Data' don't put trailing slash on destination path. So rsync command for above example
rsync -r '/target/path/Data/ /backup/path/Data
^ ^
| |
slash here not here
--
Take care,
Jonathan
pinnerite wrote:
Sorry the (except).
The backup should have gone to /spare/albury/Data but instead went
to /spare/albury/Data/Data. A slash to few or too many I guess.
Common rsync error. If you want to backup contents of dir
'/target/path/Data' to '/backup/path/Data' don't put trailing slash on destination path. So rsync command for above example
rsync -r '/target/path/Data/ /backup/path/Data
^ ^
| |
slash here not here
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