Getting files from a local windows machine

[Richard Reina]

I am needing to periodically pull files from a local windows machine (never visa versa) to a Debian machine so I have created a shared directory on the windows PC according to the instructions in this tutorial: http://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/

However, when I do:

mount.cifs //Bootes/Users/rushlog/Documents/HAND-OFF /home/richard/windows_share/ -o user=rushlog

I am prompted for a password (I assume it's the windows password for user rushlog) which I type in and then I end up with the error:

Unable to find suitable address.

tail /var/log/syslog says this:

May  6 07:48:48 bootes kernel: [13477191.466908] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
May  6 07:48:48 bootes kernel: [13477191.467082] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -111

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Richard

[Arun Khan]

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Richard Reina <gator...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> However, when I do:
>
> mount.cifs //Bootes/Users/rushlog/Documents/HAND-OFF
> /home/richard/windows_share/ -o user=rushlog
>
> I am prompted for a password (I assume it's the windows password for user
> rushlog) which I type in and then I end up with the error:
>
> Unable to find suitable address.

This could by your problem //Bootes is not resolving.
Try IP number of the Windows PC e.g. //<IP number>/foobar/blah

HTH,
-- Arun Khan

[Richard Reina]

Yep! Tried using the IP address and that worked like a charm.

Thanks

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[Arun Khan]

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Richard Reina <gator...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep! Tried using the IP address and that worked like a charm.
>

Good. To use Nebios names instead of IP number, you need the NMB
service (Samba server).

-- Arun Khan