I want to access a shared folder on a Win 7 computer

Sjonnie48 · 11-01-2010, 11:45 PM

I have two computers running for daily use.
One is called 'server' and it is powered by Ubuntu 10.04.
The other one is called 'workstation' and it runs on Windows 7 professional.
On workstation I have created a folder 'Share', which I made shared for 'everybody'.
Also I have installed smbclient and smbfs.
With the Google I found this link:
http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Mount_..._Prerequisites
But there are errors on that page that have undermined my confidence.
How do I access this shared folder?

prayag_pjs · 11-01-2010, 11:54 PM

Suppose share directory name is data on windows 7 then do

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/data

Code:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/data /mnt/data/ -o Administrator

here 192.168.1.2 is windows 7 workstation.(in your example)

Sjonnie48 · 11-02-2010, 02:36 AM

It worked great. Thank you. But now a new problem shows up.
I can access the share on workstation with Nautilus and I can download files and folders from the workstation.
But uploading files and folders to the workstation is only possible when I am root.
The shared folder on workstation is writeable.
So I tried to change the owner/permissions of the share folder on the server in a root shell, but it says: permission denied.
I want to upload files and folders to the workstation as a user.
But how?

Sjonnie48 · 11-02-2010, 12:12 PM

Answering my own question:

Code:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/data /mnt/data/ -o Administrator,uid=<uid>

So, to enable writing as a non-root user add your uid.