I want to access files on my Windows box from a separate Linux box. I have installed Samba on the Linux box and I have established a connection from my windows box to the Linux box, but. . . I can't see to get connected to my windows box from the Linux box.

I have tried 'mount -t smbfs //zanew/c /mnt/windows', but I only get the error:
Could not resolve mount point /mnt/windows

I am running RedHat 7.2. I am fairly new at Linux, so I am muttling through this process. I am not sure what other information would be beneficial for this problem. Please let me know and I will post it.

well its simple there is no directory with the name windows under /mnt , try creating one and then try mount the partition

Check the man pages for smbmount and smbclient. These are the samba clients that are used for making the connection from Linux to a Windows share.

What file system are you using for windows?

Can your windows system see a share in linux.

you may have to configure a share in the smb.conf file

or configure thru linuxconf - networking

if you can see your linux filesystems through windows then you are cooking with gas. have to get back to ya with the particulars - just finished a project networking win2k and linux 7.0

A easier way of mounting remote windows shared folders is to use tools like LinNeighborhood or komba. These are really nice and useful frontends for using samba clients. You can even set ur workgroup/user/password through them.

- Manas

Thanks for all of the advice. I created the directory (which the help document didn't have me do) /mnt/windows and everything worked great. Why can't help pages be all inclusive?