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Old 06-17-2004, 12:37 AM   #1
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Regarding Mapping to Network Drive


I have got a windows m/c and a Linux box, both connected by LAN.
I want to connect to Linux from windows using the "Map To Network Drive" service.
But, I am getting an error "No route to host"!
I am able to ping, telnet, ftp to that machine.
So, what else I have to do to get connected by "Map to network drive" service?

-Narendra
 
Old 06-17-2004, 02:39 PM   #2
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Hi
Have you started the samba server ?
You can use this to connect to a remote share on a windoze machine
something like

smbmount //windows_machine//share_name /mnt/mount_point -c Name_of_windows_Machine

Make shure you share the folder on the win machine

Cheers
 
Old 06-18-2004, 04:44 AM   #3
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Regarding mapping network drive

I am trying to map to Linux from Windows.
So, why should I have a shared folder in windows?

-ssnkumar
 
Old 06-18-2004, 01:11 PM   #4
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You need Samba server on your linux box - it may come with your distro. Look at the docs or search on Networking forum for Samba - there are a lot of posts on how to set it up.
 
  


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