Friday, August 30, 2013

mount error(115): Operation now in progress ... CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115

SkyHi @ Friday, August 30, 2013
Trying to mount a CIFS path in Ubuntu and getting:
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mount error(115): Operation now in progress
First thing to try is to look into /var/log/syslog:
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Feb  9 14:08:29 ldap kernel: [143452.140157] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
Feb  9 14:08:29 ldap kernel: [143452.140492] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115
Socket error, we know what this is right? IP or port. Ping for domain/IP or Telnet to test port:
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ping IP
telnet IP 445
My case? Telnet was timing out, port closed for IP in firewall.

REFERENCES
http://thinkinginsoftware.blogspot.com/2013/02/mount-error115-operation-now-in.html