Mounting cifs volume fails with No route to host if not using IP address
Issue
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Mounting cifs volume failed with the following error even if the specified server name can be resolved.
# mount -t cifs //cifs-server/share /mnt mount(2) system call failed: No route to host.
Environment
- Red Hat enterprise Linux 8
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