What does error message "CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation" means ?
Issue
We have a CIFS mount from our RHEL5 to a Windows/2003 server.
We are now migrating this process from the RHEL5 (no change) to a Windows/2008 server
Oct 9 21:41:57 client kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
Oct 9 21:41:57 client kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -512
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
Kernel 2.6.18-371.11.1.el5
samba-client 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
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