RHLinuxv4 smbfs connection to WindowsXP host fails

[warrickj]

Hi all~

I am tryin to establish a connection between a RHLinux guest and my WindowsXP host using the command (inside the guest):

mount -t smbfs -o username=wjackson,password=password //wj/stage /home/winxp

and failing after a few seconds with:

timeout connecting to 192.168.0.1:445

timeout cinnecting to 192.168.0.1:139

Error connecting to 192.168.0.1 (Operation already in progress)

4103: Connection to wj failed

SMB connection failed

My hosts file looks like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

192.168.0.1 wjackson-au wj

I can ping the host on 192.168.0.1 via VMNet1

My guest ip address is 192.168.0.128 - obtained via DHCP with the correct broadcast address and netmask.

Anyone got any ideas?

Warrick

[ssahadev2]

Disable the Firewall in windos XP

Try using IP address in mount command, you may also use

smbclient -L Host

[warrickj]

Thanks, but I had already tried that but found that not only did I have the Windows firewall active, I also had a Symantec one installed....