Hi

I am trying to mount a windows share that has a name with a space within it, how do i go about it without removing the space.

ie.

mount -t smbfs \\ComputerName\The Share /mnt/share -o username=somebody password=something.

The Share is where the problem is lying.

Thanx

I don't use SMB much yet (wireless network is sooo slow), but in normal pathnames you can use a space by 'backslashing' it. Maybe you have tried this already, but just in case. (note the extra slash after 'the').....mmmm I'm starting to feel a bit dumb with this one. It could work I suppose if you could use forward slashes (I changed the slashes around to illustrate) in the rest of the path.... nah maybe try the second idea.

stick in a %20.... hey it's just an educated guess, worth a quick shot though.

note both of these guesses are HIGHLY speculative.

Actually a "\" should be use just before the space.

On my server the name of the share is:
Vault 89

So to mount it I type:
mount -t smbfs //10.0.0.8/Vault\ 89/ /mnt/hd

If that doesn't work then its not the real share name or there is something weird with your network.

qoutes work as well and its easier than all of the /

mount -t smbfs \\ComputerName\"The Share" /mnt/share -o username=somebody password=something.

That should work fine.

or if you use kde then you could use smb4k. nifty little proggy.