Connection Failed to SMB -> windows server

[sweetcaro]

I have 3 macs at the moment, two of them connecting to my windows server just by using smb://serveraddress
When I type that on those 2 working computers I get the pop up window for username and password and then i see the shares and select the one I want.

However, there is one other mac that just won't connect. It keeps saying connection failed.
I have tried smb/cifs, using name using ip, using port, etc... nothing works.
And most of the settings and specs are the same on all 3 macs.

I also ran a disk permission repair.

Any ideas on why I wouldn't be able to connect? It is obviously not an issue on the windows side....

 

[esolitos]

Similar problem. I have a Macbook Pro 3,1 with updates Lion 10.7.2.
In my company we have 1 Win Server and 1 Linux Debian Server.
I connect wthout any problem to the smb shares with linux, but when i try to connect to the Win server i get an error.
I tried on terminal with "smbutil" and i get this error:
smbutil: server rejected the authentication: Authentication error

I checked our server and the permissions are ok, also before upgrading to Lion 10.7.2 i could connect without any problem..
an suggestion?

 

[phillman5]

With Lion its different

I've seen other links

http://lucke.info/2011/10/mounting-samba-smb-shares-in-mac-os-x-lion/

evidently with Lion, using the basic old way, you need to have permissions for all folders above the one you are mounting, the above link gives example to by pass this using terminal and mount_smbfs. I've haven't gotten it to work, but I think the second path is to a folder on your Mac.

http://superuser.com/questions/390813/mount-a-smb-shares-subfolder-as-a-drive-in-os-x-lion