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Linux mount of Windows Shared Now Fails
This was working but when I do mount-shared folder from Centos 6 guest via VMware I get the following when I use the shared with option:
On Linux I get this error message
When I do the permssions on the folder I want to share called logger I get:
Please help me get back this much needed feature.
On Linux I get this error message
[root@localhost ~]# mount.cifs //RJW-PC/shared /mnt -o user=share
mount error: could not resolve address for RJW-PC: Unknown error
When I do the permssions on the folder I want to share called logger I get:
Please help me get back this much needed feature.
ASKER
This is what I get
So what should I do next?
[root@localhost ~]# ping RJW-PC
ping: unknown host RJW-PC
So what should I do next?
okay, so you need to find out the IP Address of your computer - RJW-PC
and it may be better to either use an IP Address as
mount.cifs //xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx/shared /mnt -o user=share
or use a Static IP Address, and then create a host file.
and it may be better to either use an IP Address as
mount.cifs //xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx/shared /mnt -o user=share
or use a Static IP Address, and then create a host file.
ASKER
sure thing on the images
Here is what I tried and got the same error
don't know how to create the host file and use a static ip
Here is what I tried and got the same error
[root@localhost ~]# mount.cifs //192,168,0,68/shared /mnt -o user=share
mount error: could not resolve address for 192,168,0,68: Unknown error
don't know how to create the host file and use a static ip
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worked fine thanks for the help
no problems
maybe the IP Address of the computer - RJW-PC has changed, and therefore your Linux computer does not know where to find it?