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   From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:57:07 +0100   
   pinnerite  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:43:20 -0400   
   > Paul  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On 6/13/2024 5:05 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > > > This is on mint 21.3   
   > > > I have run the same mount statement in a Script for years.   
   > > > It mounts a samba share. I ran it for periodic backups.   
   > > > Recently the backup machine stopped working. It is getting on a bit.   
   > > > I substituted another equally old but working machine and edited the   
   > > > script to substitute its URL.   
   > > >   
   > > > mount -v -t cifs -o   
   > > > rw,noperm,user=,password=,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan   
   //192.168.1.4/data/    /spare/albury/Data/   
   > > >   
   > > > It returns mount error(22): Invalid argument   
   > > >   
   > > > I have been scratching my head over this for several days.   
   > > >   
   > > > I haven't found anything on the WWW that has helped.   
   > > >   
   > > > TIA   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > Is /spare/albury/Data mounted ?   
   >   
   > Sorry I have conflated two problems.   
   >   
   > First the url should have been //192.168.1.100/data   
      
   This is rubbish. I am losing it!   
   It was right the first time.   
      
   >   
   > That represents a samba share.   
   >   
   > /spare/albury/Data/ is where it is mounted.   
   >   
   > Next the line above beginning rw,noperm is a continuation of the line above.   
   >   
   > Since correcting the mount statement and running:   
   >   
   > $ mount -t cifs   
   >   
   > It returned:   
   >   
   > //192.168.1.100/data/ on /spare/albury/Data type cifs (plus much detail)   
   >   
   > $ df returned:   
   >   
   > Filesystem             1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on   
   > //192.168.1.100/data/  913806868    213880 867100880   1% /spare/albury/Data   
   >   
   > So it looks as though the mount is working!   
   >   
   > Thank you for helping to penetrate my self-made fog.   
   >   
   > Alan   
   >   
   >   
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