Originally posted by: Richlion2

Hello,

 

I can see this topic has been covered by some old threads:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014252730

However I found no solution to this problem in my environment. Since I don't have any problems mapping the Windows 2008 share, I would like to know if my AIX 6.1 system is affected.

I am on this level:

root:/home/usr/root >oslevel -s
6100-07-04-1216
root:/home/usr/root >oslevel -r
6100-07

The previous thread point to an APAR IZ44103 , but it seems to be closed.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44103

Does anyone have any suggestions?

By the way, no other firewalls are in the way, as both servers are on the same switch and same IP range and no firewall between them.

 

I've explored all options. Mounting a Windows 2003 share does not cause any issues. Windows 2008 firewall is completely disabled, I explored a couple of Windows fixes proposed:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/975512

http://newforma.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1009/~/problem-accessing-shares-on-windows-2008-server

http://www.unix.com/aix/157701-aix-cifs-mount-windows-server-2008-share.html

 

There were some suggesitons to change this registry entry:

Change "UseNewSmb"

To no avail, cant mount the Windows 2008 share. Message is all the same:

/home/usr/root >mount /workspace/tmp/webdocs/prs2
Password:
There was an error connecting the share or the server.
Make sure the lsdev command shows that device nsmb0 is in
the Available state.  Also make sure that the share name,
user name and password are accurate.

 

I would really appreciate some hints.

Thank you ,

Ryszard

 

 

 

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Originally posted by: ppereira

Could you please paste the stanza in the /etc/filesystem file for the /workspace/tmp/webdocs/prs2 nfs filesystem?

 

Regards.

Pablo.

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Originally posted by: Richlion2

Hi, this is it:

 

/workspace/tmp/webdocs/prs2:
        dev             = /prs
        vfs             = cifs
        nodename        = 10.137.2.37/Administartor
        mount           = false
        account         = false

 

Windows share is "prs"

I also use Smitty -> Communications Applications and Services ->  cifs_fs for AIX

* Pathname of mount point                             /workspace/tmp/webdocs/prs2
  SERVER Name                                        [10.137.2.37]
  USER Name                                          [Administartor]
  Password                                           [Password]
  Share name                                         [/prs]
  Mount as a READ-ONLY system?                       [no]                                                                                                    +
  User ID                                            [0]
  Group ID                                           [0]
  Mode                                               [755]
  Domain to Authenticate against                     []
  Remount now,add entry to /etc/filesystems, or both [Both]                                                                                                  +
  /etc/filesystems entry will mount on start         [no]                                                                                                    +
  Mount type name                                    []

 

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Originally posted by: Richlion2

Helllo,

just wanted to add that some people insist on this:

"The [windows] user must exist on Windows, and you must provide the workgroup or domain that windows is using."

I try doing that, first I check:

smitty tcpip:

* HOSTNAME                                           [falcondr]
* Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal)                  [10.142.1.12]
  Network MASK (dotted decimal)                      [255.255.255.192]
* Network INTERFACE                                   en0
  NAMESERVER
           Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal)         [10.137.2.102]
           DOMAIN Name                               [makro.uk.com]
  Default Gateway
       Address (dotted decimal or symbolic name)     [10.142.1.1]
       Cost                                          [0]                     
       Do Active Dead Gateway Detection?              no                     
  Your CABLE Type                                     N/A                    
  START Now                                           no                    

 

So I use my makro.uk.com , however the information in the web does not specify whether the user should be a domain user or local user.

I am using the local Windows Admin user, so I assume I should not put in the domain whem mounting the share. At least that's how it works with the Windows 2003 server.

Here is an example of some instructions, unfortunately they dont' work in my case:

http://www.aixmind.com/?p=1856

 

Regards,

Ryszard

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Originally posted by: Richlion2

So I managed to solve the problem today. Here are the key issues:

1) I was using a local Administrator account - I suspect Windows 2008 does not allow this, however there is no information on the web, so just a guess.

2) I created a local User account and used that one.

Attached is a sample procedure I used to get is working. Although I mention not to use a domain account I think if someone wants to it may work. I rather like the idea of not using a domain account as it simplifies the procedure and eliminates the need of changes due to Windows domain admins changing things every 6 months (creating, moving, removing domains too frequently).

 

There also seems to be a very specific way and sequence in which the share is create and adding permissions is also important, I tried various options and not all of them seem to be accepted by the SMB protocol. Feel free to comment.

 

Regards,

Ryszard

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