Smbclient works but mount fails in Finder and Terminal (VPN) - why?

I have a Windows(2003SP2) file server within some LAN with IP 192.168.10.10 and with shared folder structure like
/Sity/District/
I am authorised to connect to this LAN over VPN (it works) and to connect to /Sity, but I am authorized only to see and modify files within /District folder.
With the command
'smbclient -U username //192.168.10.10/Sity'
in Terminal I can connect to the server and e.g. cd to District or get all the files from /Sity/District/. However, neither mount_smbfs in Terminal nor Connect to Server in Finder can mount the share - error is
mount_smbfs: negotiate phase failed: syserr = Connection refused,
I also tried different options for mount_smbfs like '-I' with no result.
Finder 'Connect to server' complain about the username and the password.
'could not connect to the server because the name or password is not correct'
The /etc/nsmb.conf has the following structure
[default]
minauth=none
Is there a way to mount such share?

'VPN for pizza money' - it would be great, but I am afraid the /City/District is administrated on / level, which be a Country in this terminology.
'Ask him to look at your settings' - When I asked what settings should be he sent me the screen shots of his settings. So in fact I know as much as he does. He uses Windows, and Win2Win mount works on the LAN. NOTE AGAIN - smbclient works when I connet via VPN, so I have no rights to complain to the admin. Could it be that ether Finder or OS X does not understand that the only thing I can do with /City folder is to 'cd District'?
'mac's IP address...192.168.1...something' - yes, when connected via VPN I can either get automatically 192.168.100.something IP or select manually (works too, I took 192.168.200.something).
'SystemPreferences>Network. Click on the dot-in-the-list labeled VPN' - yes, ther is place for DNS. It works fine. I just think it is Network panel, network interface properties. Other network interfaces are Ethernet and AirPort, also with DNS settings on there own. No place for configurations in Internet Connect - VPN(PPTP) - Edit Configurations ...
'SMB/CIFS configuration in your mac's DirectoryAccess' - settings are correct - WORKGROUP and blank for WINS. It asked me for the WORKGROUP/User/Password on first attempt to mount smb from Finder 'Connect to Server'. However, it never asked again.

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