[SOLVED] unable to mount network shares

[NemVitzh]

I'm running into problems attempting to mount network shares in ubuntu and debian.

mount -t cifs //xpcomputer/psu /media/xp -o guest

and eventually i get ...

 mount error 110 = Connection timed out
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

I'm dual booting Vista, and the share works fine as a guest in windows(no usernames or passwords). I also cannot mount a share from my debian machine which is easily accessible from windows.

If I start gnome, I can access the windows share by using Run (alt+f2) and typing in "smb://ryangame/psu" (although it takes a long while to connect). Is there something I'm doing wrong?

[Lazydog]

Not sure, but from what I have read the command should be as follows:

mount -t cifs //xpcomputer/psu /media/xp -o user=guest

[NemVitzh]

Not sure, but from what I have read the command should be as follows:

mount -t cifs //xpcomputer/psu /media/xp -o user=guest

That can't be right, because then it asks me for a password. Anybody have any ideas?

[NemVitzh]

i feel stupid ... I reset my router and now it seems to be mount properly.

But now I have a new problem: entering it into fstab. Right now I'm using

"//192.168.1.2/Archive/My Music" /home/ryan/Music/archivemusic cifs guest

On boot, the system reads "error on line 9 (that line) of fstab."

[Lazydog]

Look at the other lines in fstab. What you are doing is not correct. Man fstab.

[NemVitzh]

Look at the other lines in fstab. What you are doing is not correct. Man fstab.

Turns out that the problem was with getting it to read the space in "My Music" properly. In fstab, you need to use "\040" in place of a space, instead of using quotes or just a backslash - so the line reads like this:

//192.168.1.2/Archive/My\040Music /home/ryan/Music/archivemusic cifs guest

Thanks for your help, Lazy Dog.