Hello all

Here is what you should do to get a list of available SMB mounts...

#> smbclient -L the_server_name -U your_domain_name/your_username

This will list all available servers even if only one is specified, I'll have to read up more on the man pages.

Now to mount...

#> mount -t cifs //the_server_name/desired_directory /mnt/this_dir --verbose -o user=your_username,domain=your_domain_name

The system will the prompt for your domain login and then mount.
If you like write this to /root/bin/mnt.whatever.
Then...

#> chmod 700 /root/bin/mnt.whatever


This will enable you to mount as root whenever you choose. Also incl a uid option if you want users other than root to access...

#> mount -t cifs //the_server_name/desired_directory /mnt/this_dir --verbose -o user=your_username,domain=your_domain_name,uid=fc5_username

Something else, it did take a few tries but by using the "--verbose" option it showed exactly how "mount" parses the directory slashes "\" and "/"...

Hope this helps
Graeme

I thought you should check and make sure you can share the folder from another pc. To make sure windows isn't blocking you.

I think the issue is that "//192.168.1.77/E/Tunes" isn't a windows share. Youre probably connecting to the shared folder "//192.168.1.77/E" and wants to mount the ordinary folder "Tunes" on that shared folder (hope all the folder referencing made any sence).

I haven't found any way to do this with samba, "mount.smbfs" or "mount.cifs", but there are two options anyway.

1. If you are administrating the windows machine, try making the Tunes folder a share, and name it something like E_Tunes, using some magic rightclick manoeuver on your Windows machine. Then mount the new share "//192.168.1.77/E_Tunes" on your Linux box.

2. Not boss of the shares, you can use Nautilus file browser to mount folders in "shared folders". In Nautilus select File->Connect to Server. Service Type=Windows share, server=192.168.1.77, share=E, folder=Tunes. -> Connect. You can now access the folder using Nautilus.

Good luck

/Robert Jancev

Is might be me but this mount //192.168.1.77/E/Tunes isnt vaalid.

The drive your mount is on is not used.

It should be //server/MountName

I.e. //192.168.1.77/Tunes

onit the E

Hope this helps

This mount //192.168.1.77/E/Tunes isnt vaalid.

The drive your mount is on is not used is smb/cifs file system.

It should be //server/MountName

I.e. //192.168.1.77/Tunes

omit the E

Hope this helps

I hit a similar issue. The answer is that you can only mount the share directly. You cannot mount a subfolder of a share.

So instead of doing:
mount -t cifs //skybyte/E/Tunes /mp3/flx

Do this instead:
mount -t cifs //skybyte/E /mp3/flx

I've found that the following syntax works perfect for mounting samba shares:

Here are some very important points about how the mount utility works (or not works) when it comes to mounting samba shares:

1. For the -t parameter smbfs *won't* work. That value for the -t parameter has retired and no longer supported.

2. If you specify a user whose password is *blank*, you'll need to just press enter when prompted for password. In this case, mount will fail with a permission denied error. So always specify a user who does have a password.

3. <share-name> *must* be the root of a share not a subdirectory of it. For example, if you have a server named myserver with the following shared directory structure,

RootShare
|
---SubDirOne
---SubDirTwo
|
---SubSubDirOne

then you can mount nothig but the directory RootShare. Trying to mount any of the sub-directories will result in the following error:

4. The <mount-point> should be an already existing directory.

I hope this makes up for a crystal clear solution to a *very* common problem. Try googling for it and you'll see it seems like everyone on this planet has gone through this problem

Note: I've also posted this same solution on my blog Sooper Tux.

hey i think i figured it out you got to use \ instead of / for windows shares so:

mount -t cifs \\\\server\\share /mnt/net -o domain=WHATEVER -o username=thisandthat

the network path MUST BE in LOWERcase, even if the original share name (shared with windows) includes capital letters.

the command should look like this (tested Fedora 11, Windows Xp shared folder) (1 line)

/sbin/mount.cifs '//192.168.1.99/shared folder name/some path here/folder to mount' '/home/yourusername/Desktop/folderlocal' -o user=windowsusername,pass=windowspassword

Sorry to bring this up its high on google results and it doesnt help much as it was