how to access a shared folder on a windows machine
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try this command,
mount -t vfat /dev/... <mount point>
the mount point can be any directory in your system say /tmp/... you have to edit the the fstab file. try giving defaults in the optins column in fstab and fstype is of course fat32. this might boot the shared folders in other machine on booting.
if that doesn't work try installing fedora3 on the xp machine (dual boot).lets call this machine m2.mount files and folders which you want from xp onto the fedora3 of m2. and then by ssh tranfer files from both machines.
if any Qts just ask!!!
That won't work on a network. edit: I'm referring to bitt_u now, once again I'm not fast enough :-)
I'm doing exactly that, with this line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
Code:
mount -t cifs -o credentials=/etc/mypassword //a-server2/peterh$ /home/peterh/G
That -o credentials=/etc/mypasswd points to the file where username and password is stored, the file /etc/mypasswd is readonly for root only. Syntax:
username=pingu
password=123456
But I believe you must have samba installed? Not sure really, I have both samba & lisa configured and running.
First of all, try 'cifs' instead of 'smbfs'
smbfs didn't work for me, I think that works with earlier Windows-versions only.
Secondly, install/configure samba. test it:
In konqueror type in like this in the adress-field: (your servername & share of course...)
smb://a-server2/Install$
Any message you receive will point you to the problem.
Don't know about ssh, but the first thing to try would probably be to try and connect to sshd from the fedora box itself to see if it's actually accepting connections.
make sure your /etc/hosts file has your windows host name and IP address in it.
your /etc/hosts file should look something like this
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
#
# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)
#
# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.101 windowspcname
# End of hosts.
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