Macintosh mount server via SMB

Testing out mounting NW 6.5 SP8 server from a macintish using SMB versus AFP.. I can successfully mount the server via AFP and also with SMB. When I mount the server via AFP the mounted server shows the complete server name appended with the volume name ie (testserver.vol1).. if I mount the same server and volume via SMB is simply mounts as VOL1 (no server name)..
If i use Imanager and change the CIFS properties of the server to add shares for the volumes (ie add testserver.vol1) and then restart cifs, I cannot log into the server anymore (it reports back that a unexpected error has occurred - error code -50)..If I delete the added shared and let the server simply report the default names, and then re-start CIFS, I can again login to the server
anyone have any ideas ??
Thanks in advance
Doug

On 23/03/2012 16:26, roehmdo wrote:
> Testing out mounting NW 6.5 SP8 server from a macintish using SMB versus
> AFP.. I can successfully mount the server via AFP and also with SMB.
> When I mount the server via AFP the mounted server shows the complete
> server name appended with the volume name ie (testserver.vol1).. if I
> mount the same server and volume via SMB is simply mounts as VOL1 (no
> server name)..
>
> If i use Imanager and change the CIFS properties of the server to add
> shares for the volumes (ie add testserver.vol1) and then restart cifs, I
> cannot log into the server anymore (it reports back that a unexpected
> error has occurred - error code -50)..If I delete the added shared and
> let the server simply report the default names, and then re-start CIFS,
> I can again login to the server
Are you trying to make the CIFS (SMB) mount appear in the same format as
the AFP mount?
If so then you can't but you can make the the AFP mount appear the same
as CIFS by setting the Shared Volume Name in iManager or editing
/etc/opt/novell/afptcpd/afpvols.conf.
Finally please note there is a dedicated support forum covering CIFS and
AFP @
http://forums.novell.com/novell/nove...e-file-access/
HTH.
Simon
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