mapping a windows network drive

andy1974 · 07-28-2007, 06:53 PM

hello all

i am wanting to map a winxp shared drive to my linux machine, to perform backup using kbackup over the network is this possable?

Lenard · 07-28-2007, 07:02 PM

Yep, please read 'man mount' for the details and other options;

Code:

mount -t cifs /path/to/the/shared/drive  /mnt/someplace -o username=someuser password=mypassword -rw

andy1974 · 07-28-2007, 07:07 PM

what do you mean by read 'man mount'

blizunt7 · 07-29-2007, 02:28 AM

How do you specify a windows path in linux?

If its C:\test\mountme

What is the path in linux absolute path?
\c\test\mountme ????

THanks

Lenard · 07-29-2007, 06:09 AM

From the virtual console or xterm session type: man mount

Code:

MOUNT(8)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  MOUNT(8)

NAME
       mount - mount a file system

SYNOPSIS
       mount [-lhV]

       mount -a [-fFnrsvw] [-t vfstype] [-O optlist]
       mount [-fnrsvw] [-o options [,...]] device | dir
       mount [-fnrsvw] [-t vfstype] [-o options] device dir

andy1974 · 07-29-2007, 03:18 PM

where do the smaba drives reside???

blizunt7 · 07-29-2007, 03:38 PM

Well there is no samba "drive". Samba is a utility to mount drives over a network.

So where ever you mount the windows drive to, is where it resides.

Lenard · 07-29-2007, 10:02 PM

maybe reviewing this thread will provide some additional insight;

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=573099

fla_panther · 02-01-2011, 06:09 PM

I thought I would post something here to help others who may find it. I'm currently running a Windows-based network but have built a linux box running CentOS 5.5 ... I was having trouble mapping to a folder on a NAS I have on my network (Buffalo Terastation, specifically). After reading this thread and the one Lenard linked to I felt I might be able to make it work using the command line, but considering how polished the CentOS desktop seems to be I was almost sure there had to be something set up in the CentOS GUI to accommodate this. I played around with it for awhile and figured it out. Interestingly, the final clue that put it together for me came from the Terastation's manual - but the section that showed how to map a drive to an Apple, not a Windows box.

If you're running CentOS, at the top of your screen it should say Applications, Places, and System. Under Places is "Connect to Server". When I clicked on that it brought up a menu. I played with the different service type selections, I tried using the NAS's IP address, the server name, the shared folder name, and combinations of all the above. There is a choice there for Windows Share, if that's what you need. In my case I chose Custom Location and in the Location field I had to put "smb://192.168.1.100/Buffalo1" ... It was the Terastation manual that used "smb" at the front. I'd seen other examples using this menu that had "file" or "network", but neither of those had worked. In my case the folder being shared was named "Buffalo1" but of course you'd have to change that to whatever yours is named.