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Hi,
I'm trying to save data from a busted win95 laptop, I have a miniknoppix disc, and I can boot off it, I try to mount a windows share to the laptop and it appears to work (I can see all the files) but I can't write to it. I mounted with the command, mount -t smbfs //winbox/share /mnt/share -o rw,username=joe,password=bloggs
I have tried with and without the username and I still get the same result.
Any ideas on how I can get this data onto another machine would be much appreciated.
Distribution: Fedora, Debian, OpenSuSE and Android
Posts: 1,820
Rep:
Try
mount -t smbfs //winbox/share /mnt/share -o users rw,username=joe,password=bloggs
and make sure that user has write access to the mount point and an account with write access on the machine where the share lives.
Keep in mind it's been a while since I used Windows so my Samba is a bit rusty.
Also for a cheap quick fix, you can get an adapter to use the laptop hard drive in a desktop pc for about $3 on ebay. Having an adapter has saved me many a headache. Just an option.
OK, So I created a new folder in which I can make a blank text document, type stuff, then save it. I can mount the share into said folder, but then when I try to copy the files over I get Access denied to /home/knoppix/share. Any other ideas on how I might be able to do this? it doesn't have to involve Windows or Samba, it just has to go over the local network. Any and all help much appreciated.
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