[Herefordshire] Samba

[Mark Broadbent]

Hi Matt,

Malcolm Herbert wrote:

>2. Therefore, should be able to mount SharedDocs
>
>    mount -t smbfs //192.168.100.20/SharedDocs /mnt 
>
>3. This is simple given that there is no password protection (by default
>with WinXP :-), so something like
>
>    mount -t smbfs -o username=xxxxx,password=xxxxx
>//192.168.100.20/SharedDocs /mnt
>
>might be needed. 
>  
>
Note that samba also comes with a utility called smbmount (and a 
corresponding smbumount) that allows you to mount arbitrary windows 
shares as a normal user (i.e. not a root).  Usage is the same as the 
mount command above except replace 'mount -t smbfs' with 'smbmount'.  
Additionally newer kernels come with an alternative file system called 
cifs with (might be) the preferred way to mount windows shares.

>4. If you have a Windows PDC (ie Netbios rather than AD), you have to
>join the Linux box to the Windows Domain, using the "net join" command
>
>let me know any specifics and I'll see if i can help
>  
>
I have some instructions at work for joining to a Win2K active directory 
if required.

Thanks
Mark

>On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 22:05, Matt Stone wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi folks, just wondering, are there any bods on here that are a bit handy
>>with samba?
>>
>>I'm having some problems mounting a windows share to samba and can't seem to
>>find anything helpful on google :(
>>
>>Any takers?
>>
>>Cheers
>>Matt
>>
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