linux - Mounting a Windows DFS share on Debian box -

i'm trying mount windows server 2012 backed dfs, uses qualified domain name, on debian linux machine limited success.

so, first tried was:

mount -t cifs //mydfsdomain/namespaceroot/sharedfolder /mnt/sharedfolder -o username=un,password='pw',workgroup=workgroup 

but, received error

mount error(5): input/output error

after googling, told needed pass argument sec=ntlm or other sec variants, these tend result in following error message:

mount error(95): operation not supported

i've tried lots of googling , followed suggested here , here, still see same error messages.

a little information machines. client running debian 5.0.10 , server windows server 2012 r2 standard 9600.

thanks in advance!

i've been wrestling mounting windows dfs well. got mine (debian 3.16.0) mount ok. here few 'gatchas' came across. maybe of them you:

the mike's technology blog referenced mentioned -c option cifs.spnego in /etc/request-key.conf deprecated. sure skip option. don't use -t option in dns_resolver line either. see this page descriptions of options.

i haven't had use of sec arguments can't speak those.

another workaround had use mount directly //server name/share name @ root of dfs tree rather resolving fqdn. can find server windows computer connecting using techniques in clint boessen's blog. wasn't able find useful reference finding server names in linux.

once got portion of dfs mounted, found still had trouble resolving links other servers. added mount option actimeo=0 , seemed resolve sort of attribute caching problem resulted in error object remote. not problem 1 you're run later.

good luck!