Launching smbmount command against win2003 shared folders you can obtain a failure as show below. But if you launch: smbclient "//SERVER/TEST" xyz -U Administrator it works correctly and shows samba prompt. Using "client use spnego = yes" in smb.conf doesn't solve the problem. SysInfo: Samba: Version 3.0.7-1 Linux: (Rad Hat 9.0) 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux ------------------- smbmount dump --------------- [root@linux-rm root]# smbmount "//SERVER/TEST" /mnt/win -o username=Administrator,password=xyz,debug=4 mount.smbfs started (version 3.0.7) added interface ip=192.168.60.3 bcast=192.168.60.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=192.168.60.4 bcast=192.168.60.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Connecting to 192.168.60.5 at port 445 5624: session request ok Serverzone is -7200 cli_negprot: SMB signing is mandatory and we have disabled it. 5624: protocol negotiation failed SMB connection failed [root@linux-rm root]#
the log says it all: cli_negprot: SMB signing is mandatory and we have disabled it. smbfs does not support smb signing ... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1920 ***