connecting to a share on linux from windows

osiris32 · 07-01-2004, 01:44 AM

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

maxut · 07-01-2004, 01:49 AM

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

osiris32 · 07-01-2004, 01:50 AM

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

Osiris

maxut · 07-01-2004, 02:47 AM

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

osiris32 · 07-01-2004, 11:22 AM

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.

charon79m · 07-01-2004, 11:42 AM

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

MrKnisely

Mathieu · 07-01-2004, 12:32 PM

First of all, you need to create a Samba and Linux account with the same username and password.
To create a samba user, type:

Code:

smbpasswd -a username

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.

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

osiris32 · 07-01-2004, 12:39 PM

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