Mapping Network Drives in Suse 10.1

Robeasts · 09-07-2006, 10:09 AM

How can I map network drives in Suse 10.1? I'm trying to map a drive on my Suse PC from a linux server. I have all the ip,user/pass etc info, just don't know how to go about it. Can you browse through an explorer like you can in Windows?

Also how would I go about mapping a drive from a Windows Server? I have install Samba, but again don't know how.

Thanks any help is greatly appreciated.

ramram29 · 09-07-2006, 11:27 AM

You may want to google and read the "Samba Howto".

petespin27 · 09-07-2006, 12:16 PM

Use nfs for going linux to linux. Use samba for going linux to the windows server.

Take a look at this for nfs information:http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html

Essentially you mount a nfs share with 'mount <ipaddress>:/share/name /mount/point.'

You can bowse and work with windows shares using nautilus or konqueror.

Do take a look at the samba howto (also on tldp.org) for more info on working with linux and windows shares.

To make a particular share automatically mount at boot edit /etc/fstab.

Robeasts · 09-07-2006, 01:31 PM

Thanks Pete worked like a charm.