samba seeing windows
 

i got windows to see my linux box, but now how do i get linux to see windows, i did this, now how do i browse the windows maching. mitzeli c is the name of the c drive, and W4a0o6 is the name on the network.

[root@localhost bin]# ./smbclient -L \\\\W4a0o6 -I 192.168.1.100
added interface ip=192.168.1.107 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
PRINTER$ Disk
HP Printer
MITZELI C Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication

Server Comment
--------- -------
W4A0O6

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
WORKGROUP W4A0O6

thanx in advanced.

To mount a windows share on linux as an example:
mount -t smbfs //w4ao06/"mitzeli c" /mnt/winshare

There are previous post on the subject you can search for further help. for more info www.samba.org documentation on smbmount.

everytime i try that i get this error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //w4ao06/mitzeli c,
or too many mounted file systems
thanx for the help though, but i need more.

I dont think it likes the 'space' in your share name. Just a guess.


~ g0dzuki

ststill getting the error when i shared it as a different name. i tried the ip and got the error, what is wrong?

what if you remove the quotes around the share name?
how many mount points do you have otherwise? are you hitting the limit? make sure that /mnt/winshare exists as a directory.

Also -- I noticed that in your original post (ChrisMiceli) that you labelled the windows share "W4a0o6 " but then in MichaelK's post he labelled it as "w4ao06" -- i would assume this is case sensitive, so make sure your labels match.