> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Kong Li <likong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The invalid argument might be a bug on windows 2008 side. >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957441 >> >> I had the exact same situation. Applying the fix resolved the issue >> in my environment. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Kong >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> the available messages which can be returned on mount are >>> quite limited so sometimes the mapping of network errors >>> on to the very limited set of available mount error >>> messages can get confusing. >>> >>> Do you see mount generating any messages >>> in dmesg? Alternatively, you might turn on cifs debugging >>> (echo 7 > /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI) and try mount again >>> and see if the warning message for the mount failure >>> is listed (in dmesg) >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:31 AM, <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear List, >>>> I am running a 2.6.28 kernel that I have compiled with cifs filesystem >>>> support. I am trying to mount a share from a windows 2008 server >>>> requiring >>>> ntlmv2. when I try to pass the option sec=ntlmv2 or ntlmv2i I receive >>>> an >>>> invalid argument message. If I omit the sec option I receive a >>>> permission >>>> denied. >>>> I have also tried to use a stock Debian kernel (2.6.32) that I have >>>> checked to have cifs compiled in and I get the same results. If I >>>> perform >>>> a 'modinfo cifs' it shows the module to be loaded and that I am >>>> running >>>> ver 1.61 of cifs. >>>> Is there any other components I need to check (do I need a library >>>> package >>>> to support ntlmv2??) >>>> I can mount shares of servers that allow NTLMv1. >>>> >>>> Any help gratefully received. >>>> >>>> Thanks Bruce >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" >>>> in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Steve >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" >>> in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > Yes, Jeff Layton had pointed to this > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957441/en-us > earlier. > Thanks for all the help. I have now got the stock debian kernel to mount the share using the Microsoft KB. I still have an issue with the kernel I was using but I can work to get round that. Thanks again. Bruce -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
