paul_m_d

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The subject pretty much says it all, and I'm a complete newbie. I've installed Suse 9, and although I can type SMB://computername to see Windows shares in Konqueror, I can't figure out how to mount a directory to a Windows share. I need to be able to access network shares in file open/save dialogs.

Should there be a right-click option to mount directories? Even Windows Explorer can easily load network shares as drive letters.

I don't want to go editing obscure config files if possible, since I've read that Suse sometimes over-writes them anyway. If there's a way to use the built-in setup tools, I'd like to use it.

Paul

jtshaw

What you are looking for is smbmount.

paul_m_d

What you are looking for is smbmount.

How do I find smbmount? What do I do with it? Is there a configuration tool, or do I have to read three user's manuals and sacrifice a chicken? Online documentation seems sparse and aimed for people who have more Linux knowledge already.

Paul

Kent Emia

it goes something like this ...
mount -t smbfs -o username=me,password=secret //<machineName> /<mountPoint>

that should work.... works for me

paul_m_d

Thanks. Two questions:

1. What is the proper place to mount a network location?

2. How do I make the changes stick" so I don't have to do it each time I log on?

Paul

Onemessedupjedi

1) I am the only user on my computer so I prefer to place it in /home/myusername/mnt/servername/sharename
if it's just a file server, I also have media setup so that a folder has it sorted that way to.
You can mount the same shared folder in multiple locations.
If you share a computer with others you should mount it in /mnt/servername/sharename/
2)go into your /etc/fstab and edit it with a few lines of the shares you want. I'm at work on an xp machine so I can't remember the syntax for an fstab off the top of my head but heres a shot at the info you need.

//servername/share /home/username/mnt/servername/share smbfs defaults,user 0 0