Accessing SAMBA shared folder through Ftp (PROFTPD)

vvagao · 10-13-2009, 12:14 PM

to make the things easier:

I got a ftp server (proftpd on debian) on machine "A"

and I got a Samba Server (debian also) on machine "B" with a shared folder called "public"

how do I acess the shared folder via FTP?

I already tried the following command: mount -t smbfs //machine B/public /media/public
And the following message appears:

mount: speacial device //machine B/public doest not exist

but the folder public is already shared cUz I can access it using Windows XP

Any Ideas?

Wagner.

pljvaldez · 10-13-2009, 12:49 PM

The short answer is you can't unless you also put an ftp server on Machine B. You might try mounting with smbmount or use "mount -t cifs" instead. Also, I assume the name "machine B" does not have a space in it (because you'll need to quote it) or use the IP address of Machine B instead.