linux equivalent of "mapping network drive"?

malangbaba · 09-11-2007, 10:06 PM

n00b...

so im sure it will be different for each distro...but anyone just point me in general direction of how to do the linux equivalent of a Win "map network drive"?

its to access shared folders on a file server from a xubuntu workstation

Julix · 09-11-2007, 10:13 PM

Hi malangbaba,

I am not sure, but maybe you are referring to SAMBA, which is an application to share directories in LINUX with windows machines. You would access the LINUX server just like a shared folder in windos by mapping the network drive.
If you are referring to share directories between two or more LINUX boxes you may have to mount a NFS volume, but I don´t have knowledge about this.

Regards,
Julix

malangbaba · 09-11-2007, 11:09 PM

Peace...

hmm...

so its a Linux workstation.....

And a file server/storage....so not a Windows machine/server...but something like this...

so the other windows machine map into this to store and access the shared files...

how do i get the linux box to access this?

soroccoheaven · 09-11-2007, 11:32 PM

running samba ?.. fire konqueror or any other browser and type smb://machine_name you should be able to see the directories.make sure you are able to ping the machine and if not check your firewall settings.