If the time on smb-files is not in sync with file server and possibly other networked services, mounting will fail (see ST#100599).
This is useful to see error messages during mounting process that are invisible using GUI.
net use v: \\smb-files.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca\course /user:cs-teaching\userid
https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/ISG/MountingCourseAccountOnCampus
-- OmNafees - 2015-06-26