samba mount failed with “CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6” and “is not a valid block...





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Environment:




  • server: Windows

  • client: RHEL 6.7 (samba-common-3.6.23-20.el6.x86_64) or Debian Wheezy (samba-common-bin 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7)


Client's /etc/fstab:



//10.0.0.10/share/ /media/smb    cifs    _netdev,user,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid,noperm,username=XXXX,password=XXXX,domain=aa.bb.cc


Mounting:



$ sudo mount /media/smb/
mount: //10.0.0.10/share/ is not a valid block device
$ dmesg | tail
CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6









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    Environment:




    • server: Windows

    • client: RHEL 6.7 (samba-common-3.6.23-20.el6.x86_64) or Debian Wheezy (samba-common-bin 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7)


    Client's /etc/fstab:



    //10.0.0.10/share/ /media/smb    cifs    _netdev,user,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid,noperm,username=XXXX,password=XXXX,domain=aa.bb.cc


    Mounting:



    $ sudo mount /media/smb/
    mount: //10.0.0.10/share/ is not a valid block device
    $ dmesg | tail
    CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6









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      Environment:




      • server: Windows

      • client: RHEL 6.7 (samba-common-3.6.23-20.el6.x86_64) or Debian Wheezy (samba-common-bin 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7)


      Client's /etc/fstab:



      //10.0.0.10/share/ /media/smb    cifs    _netdev,user,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid,noperm,username=XXXX,password=XXXX,domain=aa.bb.cc


      Mounting:



      $ sudo mount /media/smb/
      mount: //10.0.0.10/share/ is not a valid block device
      $ dmesg | tail
      CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6









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      Environment:




      • server: Windows

      • client: RHEL 6.7 (samba-common-3.6.23-20.el6.x86_64) or Debian Wheezy (samba-common-bin 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7)


      Client's /etc/fstab:



      //10.0.0.10/share/ /media/smb    cifs    _netdev,user,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid,noperm,username=XXXX,password=XXXX,domain=aa.bb.cc


      Mounting:



      $ sudo mount /media/smb/
      mount: //10.0.0.10/share/ is not a valid block device
      $ dmesg | tail
      CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6






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      edited Apr 14 '16 at 13:00







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          You have to add cifs-utils to be able to mount CIFS shares:



          Red Hat/CentOS related:



          $ sudo yum install cifs-utils


          Debian/Ubuntu related:



          $ sudo apt install cifs-utils


          Solution found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/mount-10-52-0-102-jim-dpc-is-not-a-valid-block-device-893664/






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            Possible issue is CIFS/SMB version



            //192.168.1.1/MyShare/    /mnt/cifs  cifs vers=2.1,username=user1,password=passwd1   0       0





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              Might be related to SMBv1/CIFS removal in Windows 10 / Windows Server v1709 (RS3):



              https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709






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                You have to add cifs-utils to be able to mount CIFS shares:



                Red Hat/CentOS related:



                $ sudo yum install cifs-utils


                Debian/Ubuntu related:



                $ sudo apt install cifs-utils


                Solution found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/mount-10-52-0-102-jim-dpc-is-not-a-valid-block-device-893664/






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                  You have to add cifs-utils to be able to mount CIFS shares:



                  Red Hat/CentOS related:



                  $ sudo yum install cifs-utils


                  Debian/Ubuntu related:



                  $ sudo apt install cifs-utils


                  Solution found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/mount-10-52-0-102-jim-dpc-is-not-a-valid-block-device-893664/






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                    You have to add cifs-utils to be able to mount CIFS shares:



                    Red Hat/CentOS related:



                    $ sudo yum install cifs-utils


                    Debian/Ubuntu related:



                    $ sudo apt install cifs-utils


                    Solution found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/mount-10-52-0-102-jim-dpc-is-not-a-valid-block-device-893664/






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                    You have to add cifs-utils to be able to mount CIFS shares:



                    Red Hat/CentOS related:



                    $ sudo yum install cifs-utils


                    Debian/Ubuntu related:



                    $ sudo apt install cifs-utils


                    Solution found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/mount-10-52-0-102-jim-dpc-is-not-a-valid-block-device-893664/







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                        Possible issue is CIFS/SMB version



                        //192.168.1.1/MyShare/    /mnt/cifs  cifs vers=2.1,username=user1,password=passwd1   0       0





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                          Possible issue is CIFS/SMB version



                          //192.168.1.1/MyShare/    /mnt/cifs  cifs vers=2.1,username=user1,password=passwd1   0       0





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                            Possible issue is CIFS/SMB version



                            //192.168.1.1/MyShare/    /mnt/cifs  cifs vers=2.1,username=user1,password=passwd1   0       0





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                            Possible issue is CIFS/SMB version



                            //192.168.1.1/MyShare/    /mnt/cifs  cifs vers=2.1,username=user1,password=passwd1   0       0






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                                Might be related to SMBv1/CIFS removal in Windows 10 / Windows Server v1709 (RS3):



                                https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709






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                                  Might be related to SMBv1/CIFS removal in Windows 10 / Windows Server v1709 (RS3):



                                  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709






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                                    Might be related to SMBv1/CIFS removal in Windows 10 / Windows Server v1709 (RS3):



                                    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709






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                                    Might be related to SMBv1/CIFS removal in Windows 10 / Windows Server v1709 (RS3):



                                    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709







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