Linux help needed: mount network drive from SysRescCD fails

Factual Questions
1

I just got my main PC back from the shop and I want to do a complete backup of it (yes, I got scared straight). I’ve booted it with the SysRescCD and I’ve got my network card configured and I can ping my Linux PC fine, but every time I try to mount using


mount -t smbfs -o lfs //192.168.8.2/NetBackup /mnt/netbackup

I get prompted to log in (which seems strange) and I get


13352: session setup failed ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

When I try it without specifying any options using


mount //192.168.8.2/NetBackup /mnt/netbackup

I get the same result.

I’m following the instructions on the System Rescue CD online manual as well as I can, but they’re not exactly correct for what I’m doing, because I’m not trying to mount to a Windows PC but to a Linux PC running SMB.

I used to use my external HD to do this, but I’d really like to put the 300GB HD in my Linux machine to work as a network backup server.

Any help?

2

Do you need to specify a username and password? Try something like:


mount -t smbfs -o \
lfs,username=username,password=password \
//192.168.8.2/NetBackup /mnt/netbackup
3

Also, you might be running CIFS instead of SMB. (Hey, I can’t access your box. I don’t know for sure.) In that case, replace ‘-t smbfs’ with ‘-t cifs’ but leave everything else the same.

4

Thanks Derleth, I’ll try both when I get home tonight!