Re: Map Network Drives

[Joseph A Nagy Jr <joseph_a_nagy_jr charter net>]

Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> On 01-Jun-2003/19:35 -0500, Joseph A Nagy Jr <joseph_a_nagy_jr charter net> wrote:
>
> > I'd also like to know how to access winboxes from my Linux desktop w/o 
> > samba.
>
>
> The Samba distribution includes both client and server software. Only the
> server requires "setup" and is almost always what's referred to when
> someone talks about "setting up Samba".
>
> You need the client software, so you'll have to install the packages, but
> you won't need the extensive Samba setup docs that are found on the Net.
> You need to look into smbmount.
>
> Tony

mount -t smbfs -o username=;password= //path/to/windows/share/ /mnt/point

I know how to use samba's client software, although I've never set up 
the server side of it.

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