Hi,

I'm new to Linux. I installed RedHat 9.0, got my nic working, internet works via a win2k server machine running M$ Internet Connection Sharing, it works fine Now this win2k server machine is also my file storage pc with a big hdd, and the folder all my mp3 files and movies are in is shared on that machine.

What is the easiest way to access this windows shared folder?? Do I need to d/l & install samba or does RH9.0 has standard solutions for this? Any help would be VERY welcome!

Greetz McAnic

If you aren't connecting to your Linux box from a Windows box, then you don't need the full Samba install. All you need to access a Windows box from Linux is the samba-client and prob'ly samba-common packages. There won't be any configuring involved.

To make it easier, you can then install LinNeighborhood to easily browse a Windows network.

RedHat 9.0 should come with the ability to do that right out of the box, just click on the redhat button and select Network Servers - worked fine on mine.

Hi I found out - just clich the Redhat button and select Network Servers. Then it automatically shows the workgroup you are in and you can easily select the computer you want to connect to.

I selected my windows 2003 server and it asked for my username & password - first I made a mistake entering my password - after that it kept refusing me and said I had no access. When I rebooted it asked for my username & password again, now I made no mistake and it went *perfect*!

Now, how can I mount this network drive??? Is this possible? Or do I need samba or linneighborhood for this under Redhat 9.0?
I want the network drive to be mounted when I boot linux.

Which sub-menu is it under on yours? I don't seem to see it on mine.

type:


su

mkdir /mnt/windows

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

cd /mnt/windows

ls

:-)

Actually, that previous post won't work, I believe. Since you're wanting to mount a samba drive, you might have to use smbmount, or mount it using mount -t smbfs -- if someone has experience here, feel free to extend my comment. I just know that mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows will mount the first *local* harddrive, which isn't what we need to do.
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By the way, if you use mount -t smbfs '//hostname/sharedrivename' /mnt/windows (assuming you created /mnt/windows), that should work. Just sub in the Windows computer's host name and the name of the share drive.

sorry - it was meant as a way to access a partition on the same drive as linux. i didn't read the question right. my apologies if i my information caused any wasted time.

you can mount a samba share like this:

# mount -t smbfs -o username=yourwindowsusername,password=yourwindowspassword //machinename/Sharename /mountpoint

I have been using the Network Servers option in redhat 9 also, but have trouble with it finding my network 100% of the time. Half the time it is opened it just sits there rather than bringing up a list of avaliable machines, although they are present on the network. Anyone have any idea what would cause this intermitent issue? Thanks!

Use this command

#mount -t cifs -o username=user,password=password //Windows_system_ip/folder /dir_on_linux_where_u_want_2_mount

try it ..!!

This thread is about as old as RH9 would have been