Attempting to mount CIFS share returns I/O error
Issue
- Using command that worked in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the same command is not working to mount the share in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
[example@kirino ~]$ mount.cifs -o username=kuroneko,password=xx,domain=example.net,sec=ntlmsspi //kuroneko/share /mnt/kuroneko
mount error(5): Input/output error
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
- In the system logs at
/var/log/messagesthe following messages are seen:
Oct 21 13:59:57 kirino kernel: Status code returned 0xc0000001 NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
Oct 21 13:59:57 kirino kernel: CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -5
Oct 21 13:59:57 kirino kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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