mount_afp error

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mount_afp error

X Server 10.4.3, client system 10.4.3

Can't get mount_afp to work. Here's what I've done:

- OS X Server at 192.168.0.10
- created a folder /srvrfolder at HD root
- made /srvrfolder/ a share point with o=dude g=staff
- verified via Finder that it mounts fine

- in Terminal on the client machine
% mkdir /volumes/srvrfolder/
% mount_afp afp://dude:pswd@192.168.0.10/srvrfolder/ /volumes/srvrfolder/

I get this response:
% mount_afp: the mount flags are 0000 the altflags are 0020
% mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error -5023, errno is -5023

If I list

% ls /volumes/srvrfolder/

then indeed it is empty (yes, it has files).

I've tried a gajillion other little options, slashes, no slashes, chown/chmod variations.

Every google hit says those two simple lines above are supposed to work. For me, it doesn't.

Help??

-- greg

Xserve DP1.0GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Xserve DP1.0GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Dec 9, 2005 5:23 PM

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R.Cerny

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Dec 10, 2005 11:51 AM in response to Greg Willits

Did you try to search for the error number?
-5023 afpUserNotAuth AFP User not authorized

btw, if you're connecting from outside, you should create a ssh tunnel first, than connect to tunneled connection

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Dec 10, 2005 4:31 PM in response to Greg Willits

In the Unix world, volumes can only be mounted/unmounted by root. Your prompt indicates that you're a regular user when your doing the mount, so you should be getting permission denied. Try prefacing your command with sudo and see what happens. The syntax of what you were typing looks okay to me.

Roger

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Greg Willits Author

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Dec 10, 2005 8:22 PM in response to R.Cerny

Did you try to search for the error number?
-5023 afpUserNotAuth AFP User not authorized

Sure did, couldn't find any resource for error codes. Where are you finding this?

btw, if you're connecting from outside, you should
create a ssh tunnel first, than connect to tunneled
connection

Sure. One step at time 🙂

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Greg Willits Author

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Dec 10, 2005 8:41 PM in response to Community User

Your prompt indicates that you're a regular user

Sorry, my inaccuracy, I guess I should have used $ in my sample.

Try prefacing your command with sudo and see what happens.

Right, been using sudo, and same results. So maybe something's not right with the volume I'm trying to mount? But, I can use Finder/Connect To server and use the same dude:pswd user credentials to get the volume mounted on the Desktop, so I would think my shared volume is OK.

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Greg Willits Author

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Dec 10, 2005 8:55 PM in response to Community User

OK, a little further along, my password had a % character, and that's apparently a problem (needst to be escaped in the CL I guess). I eliminated that character, and now I get

mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error -5019, errno is 2

So, if I can get a lead on where these error codes are defined, I could maybe get it figured out.

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Greg Willits Author

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Dec 10, 2005 9:20 PM in response to Greg Willits

oh brother. I forgot to change my path back to the real one (not the one in my sample).

It appears from the beginning the problem has been the % character in the password.

I'd still appreciate a tip on where error codes are defined, but thanks for the help which kept me focused on authentication issues.

-- greg

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Answer 7

Dec 16, 2005 5:36 PM in response to Greg Willits

yes, the url portion needs to be a properly escaped url as well as one that the shell can handle (the ';' char is tricky).

mount_afp sometimes returns old carbon error codes which can be found in:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framewor k/Headers/MacErrors.h

the -5019 error most likely means that the username was not accepted.

HTH
- Leland

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