I can access Windows directory from Linux and I need to edit the files in the directory. So I need access the files using shell.

I tried to create symbolic link to my desktop but get an erroe message taht
smb://MIKESHN/SharedDocs/web

How I can create some sort of link so I can edit the file?

Thanks

mount the share

do this (as root)
where winuser is your username in windows
domain is the windows domain or workgroup
xxx is your uid

i forgot the second part, create a symbolic link (or a desktop shortcut or whatever) to /mnt/win and then you can access it

Got the strange Message. The directory is Shared so no password is required to access the directory. What can be wrong?


[root@localhost mnt]# mount -t smbfs -o username=mikeshn,workgroup=Linux,uid=501 //MIKESHN/ShareDocs/web /mnt/win
Password:
13135: tree connect failed: ERRDOS - ERRnosuchshare (You specified an invalid share name)
SMB connection failed

oh..
mount it as //MIKESHN/ShareDocs

and then the web directory will be /mnt/win/web

Still have the same error message.

Don't understand what i'm doing wrong..

I was able to mount the directory, but how to mount C:/Inetpub :

I tried to mount like this, but get the error message.
[root@localhost mnt]# mount -t smbfs -o username=mikeshn,password=123456 //C:/Inetpub /mnt/iis
14338: Connection to C: failed
SMB connection failed

C: is not a host on your network

here is the syntax for mounting an smb filesystem:
mount -t smbfs -o options //address/share mountpoint

where:
options are mount options (such as username, uid, etc...)
address is the address of the machine with a share (either IP or hostname)
share is the name of the share that the machine is sharing
mountpoint is a directory on your computer where you want to the filesystem to be mounted (/mnt/iis for example)

so, assuming that the iis server is on your MIKESHN computer:
go to your computer and set the C:\inetpub folder to share to be shared, and give the user mikeshn access with the password 123456

and then on your linux box do this from a commandline (as root)

Thanks.

Just some short questions.

When I reboot computer, i have to remount the partition again?

yes unless you put it in your fstab (/etc/fstab)

search the forums to find out how to do it