connecting to a share on linux from windows
 

hi,
my question is how do i connect to the linux share from my windows box?
I am running Suse 9.1 Pro. I am able to browse and move files from the windows box via the Network Browsing. when i click on it i am able to see windows shares and am able to move files.

i would like to do that with linux. i am UNABLE to see anything on the LINUX machine from the windows network neighborhood. how do i do that?
thanks for helping.


Osiris

create a directory to mount windowz share (/mnt/share in example).
mount -t smbfs //win_box/share /mnt/share -o usernae=user,password=pass

o, i am able to mount the windows share from linux
i just can;t mount the linux share from Windows XP

Osiris

ohh sorry.
did u configure samba ? and did u add users who can use samba shares?

i am pretty sure i did add user and configured samb, but just incase i had done it worng, how woudl i do it? how shodl i have configured it?


thanks in advance.

Samba Configuration
 

There are many post on this site about configuring Samba. I suggest a search for those articles. No use re-inventing the wheel....

MrKnisely

First of all, you need to create a Samba and Linux account with the same username and password.
To create a samba user, type: Then you will have to configure the smb.conf file.

If you want a good tutorial on how to configure Samba in order to share files on a windows network.
I suggest reading Using Samba, 2nd Edition -- which is part of the Open Books Project from the good people at O'Reilly.

The book is not very long, so you should be up and running in no time. :study:

Using Samba, 2nd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/

Thank you very much for the replies.

I have gone thru the search and found the tutorial before but i guess i just didn't configure it correctly. will give it another try.

thank you