Re: Help getting Samba to work!!!

From: /dev/rob0 (rob0_at_gmx.co.uk)
Date: 08/14/03


Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:09:16 -0700

In article <2d4502eb.0308140706.49c4946d@posting.google.com>,
  N.K. wrote:
> smbmount //machine/service /mountpoint -o
> username=user%pass,uid=dustpuppy

(BTW that should all be on one line.)

> machine - is it a windows machine?

More specifically: a SMB/CIFS server.

> service - what is that?

The share name such as would appear in "smbclient -L machine" or the
Windows network browsing interface.

> mountpoint - is that a win. directory?

A Unix directory, the one under which you want the mounted share's files
to appear.

> It would be enough for me to just browse the network and connect to
> any windows machine and browse it. Can I do it without mounting?

smbclient //machine/service

> And again, did hostname change affect anything?

Yes, explained in the other thread.

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