How do I use the mount command to mount a samba share on my local network? I tried looking in the man, but I couldn't figure it out.

try 'man smbmount'

if you are using a somewhat new version of smbmount, it could be
smbmount //computer/sharename /mnt/point
or
smbmount //computer/share /mnt/point -o ip=x.x.x.x

check the man page or other docs for other options like username/password

this is the way I mount samba shares on other machines:

mount -t smbfs -o username=name,password=password //machinename/sharename /mnt/smbshare

This work but I don't know if it's the best way

When I try this command:

I get the following error:

Do you know what this means?

i means there is no /mnt/smbshare. create one first:

#mkdir /mnt/smbshare

Ahh ok. I thought it would just dynamically create that directory for me. Thanks, now it works.

How do I make it so I do this mount every time my linux box boots?

that depends on what *nix you are using. If you are using redhat, the simple way is to add that exact mount command to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. The right way would be to add it to /etc/fstab but I can't explain how to do that. Try doing a 'man fstab' and hack away.

or u could use the automounter... lookup autofs for details

ive made an sh file to mount my windows share for me... ive typed this in it...
mount -t smbfs -o username=samba,password=samba //Desktop/Public /mnt/public

ive tried everything i know, including reading the man files... i can't find smbmount either... and both dont work... ive also tried making the credentials file but nothing works... it comes out with an error of the following
mount: mount point \\Desktop\Public does not exist
./mountshares.sh: /mnt/public: is a directory

thing is, i know this directory works because when i use my other home made sh file containing
/usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient \\\\Desktop\\Public -U samba samba
it seems to work fine... and it does connect...

ive also tried to use \\\\Desktop\\Public in the original sh file to mount my shares but it doesn't seem to work, it gives me the same error...

PLEASE HELP ME!!! it seems as if its not working no matter what i try, ive also recompiled samba 3 times and each time it doesn't work...
as a note im running slackware 8.1

Looking forward to getting some help or insight on this... thanks in advance

hi,
i tried the following command
sudo mount -t smbfs 10.102.11.79:/mnt /home/user/dir

but i get the error:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

What could be the problem?
I have samba installed on both the linux machines.

Try it with -t cifs instead of -t smbfs.