I want to save on my windows network but I cant

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 02:09 PM

ok so we have a linux server with fedora 10 installed. it is the base computer with all the company data on it. the rest of the machines are windows. they all have their own network with a workgroup "NUS" the IT who set this all up made all the files on the linux computer visible on the NUS windows network. in fedora I can go to places->Network and see all the windows machines however I want to backup all the company data to one of the computers using "flyback." and cant seem to save to any one of the windows computers. I can use the gui on linux but I have yet to really learn how to use terminal. "I know basic commands but nothing fancy in the least" does someone know how to "Map a network drive" maybe or something else to make the files accessible. oh and I did find the comand

"mount -t cifs //192.168.xxx.xxx/[computer share name] /mnt/[file]"

and that came up with a mesage telling me it dint know what cifs is. I belive samba is installed because we can see the computers through places->Network but I need a file to save to.

Thanks

rweaver · 05-28-2009, 02:17 PM

Try smbfs instead of cifs.

Also keep in mind [file] isn't the file you want to copy over. That's the mount point you want the share attached at.

mount -t smbfs //ipaddress/windows-share-name /mnt

You might need something more like this also:

mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //ipaddress/windows-share-name /mnt

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 02:29 PM

what exactly is the mount point file? isnt it just a file where you want the drive to appear once mounted? If I go into cmd in my windows computer and type "hostname" is this the windows share name? is the username and password the username and password for a user on the windows computer or for a windows server type of thing?

thanks for the imput

oh and smbfs is not really supported in fedora 10 i think. I have read that with fedora you are supposed to use the cifs but I will try

ok for an update I tried smbfs and it told me that smbfs doesnt work either

another update, the -o pops up a help screen if I just type in "mount -t cifs -o" a help screen pops up. or if i type the whole mount cod and anywhere use the -o the help screen pops up. what is wrong?

verdeboy2k · 05-28-2009, 03:37 PM

what is the exact error message when you try this:

Code:

mount.smbfs -o username=<user>,password=<pass> //<hostname>/<sharename> /mnt/

If that says something like "command not found" or similar, change the command from "mount.smbfs" to "mount.cifs" and post the results.

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 03:41 PM

So cifs is no longer the problem I finally realized I was just capitalizing Cifs. (Noob)

so here is what I put in.
"mount -t cifs //192.168.1.194/Anita-comp /mnt/Anita"

it then asks for a password. we have no password on the drive or the drive in the network. so I leave it blank and it says

"Retrying with uppercase share name
mount error (6):no such device or address
refer to the manual...."

this is farther than where I was before but still another error message

I almost forgot, how do I know what to put after the Ip adress? where do I find the name to put in there?

THANKS

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 03:58 PM

also what is the password for. I tried accessing one of the other computers and it decided that the only error was that I didnt have permission. (i am in root so it is not linux permissions)the xp machines seem to act diffrently than the vista ones when trying to access them with the mount command.

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 04:19 PM

ok this has morphed into an entirely new problem so I am going to make a new thread

verdeboy2k · 05-28-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linux hates me

"Retrying with uppercase share name
mount error (6):no such device or address
refer to the manual...."

I almost forgot, how do I know what to put after the Ip adress? where do I find the name to put in there?

These two things are related.

For mounting SMB/CIFS shares you need two things, the hostname or IP address (which you have) and the name of the fileshare. When you set-up windows to share a folder and don't explicitly give it a name, it is the name of the folder.

Let's say I have a WinXP computer named 'BOB' and I share the folder 'C:\storage' and make the share public (no password protection) I would mount it in linux as:

Code:

mount -t cifs //BOB/storage /mnt/storage

Quote:

Originally Posted by linux hates me

also what is the password for.

If you have a password protected Windows share, we would change the above example to:

Code:

mount -t cifs //BOB/storage /mnt/storage -o username=<username on BOB>,password=<password on BOB>

Microsft KB Article on Windows File Sharing

linux hates me · 05-28-2009, 05:32 PM

after a while of post searching I figured that out before you posted

however the mounted drive wont show up on the filesystem. after I enter everything (with no error messages) I go into the folder where I told it to put the shared folder and it is not there.

any ideas?

if you do I started a new thread after I figured a lot out ://mod edit //:
Stay with one thread pls... Keeps it all in one place for others to follow in the future.