On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:33:25 +0800, Justin Zhao <zzj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:50:33 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > Am Do, den 28.10.2004 schrieb Justin Zhao um 7:34: > > > > > [root@localhost mnt]# mount -t smbfs -o > > > ro,workgroup=XXX,username=XXX,password=XXX //mobellsvr2/SW_Share > > > /mnt/win1 > > > 10177: Connection to mobellsvr2 failed > > > SMB connection failed > > > > Sound like port blocking by a firewalling. Keep care on the Fedora > > machine the SMB/NMB ports are open (system-config-security). > > Replace the server name with IP address, I mount the share folder > successfully. The NT share server and my PC are in the same LAN. > > Thanks for you advice. > > But I still don't know why does the name not work in Linux. There is no > problem in NT OS. I don't know the details of Samba, but basically you are not resolving the NetBios names. You need to configure the Samba client for this. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.