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mount: cannot mount block device //192.168.205.10/b$ read-only
The File Server applicance is a VMWare ESXi vm. 192.168.205.10 is Windows 2012R2 sharing a drive which is reachable from Windows clients. But the File Server appliance will not mount the b$ share nor any other share.
mount -t cifs //192.168.205.10/b$ -o username=user,password=pass,workgroup=dom /media/win-share
mount: block device //192.168.205.10/b$ is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: cannot mount block device //192.168.205.10/b$ read-only
I tried adding sec=ntlm and sec=ntlmv2, but that just returned
mount: Operation not supported
Any suggestions appreciated.
Replies (2)
some success
Reply 1Thanks for posting
Reply 2Apologies on my delayed response. Glad to hear that you found a workaround and thanks for posting. I'm sure that will help others!
I stopped using the mount command instead using webmin
In webmin > System > Disk and Network Filesystems
Type: Common Internet Filesystem (cifs)
Add mount
Mounted as /media/win-share
Save and mount at boot
Mount now? Mount
Server Name 192.168.205.10 Share Name b$
Login Name backup Login Password password
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This webmin process creates an /etc/fstab entry which is right
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/etc/fstab
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/mapper/turnkey-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
UUID=0aa6e5cf-76f0-408b-a9b2-c0a6600ca685 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/turnkey-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0
\\192.168.205.10\b$ /media/win-share cifs password=password,username=backup 0 0
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but upon reboot the mount fails, so
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http://lifeisabug.com/fix-debian-wheezy-mounting-cifs-smb-shares-boot-time/
Add the following to /etc/default/rcS:
ASYNCMOUNTNFS=no
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Now my Turnkey Linux File Server reliably sees the Windows file server share.
Next is to convince TKLBAM to backup that share to AWS.