accessing windows shared folders

mehnaz · 07-29-2009, 02:08 AM

hi all,,how can i access windows xp shared folders on redhat linux.I have samba installed and smb running successfully.

jdkaye · 07-29-2009, 02:12 AM

You can do it from your browser if it supports the smb:// protocol. Konqueror does and perhaps many other do as well.
You can also use the command line if you prefer. The samba documentation explains how to do it.
cheers,
jdk

mehnaz · 07-29-2009, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye

You can do it from your browser if it supports the smb:// protocol. Konqueror does and perhaps many other do as well.
You can also use the command line if you prefer. The samba documentation explains how to do it.
cheers,
jdk

i would like to do it from command line,,from where i can get samba documentation

neonsignal · 07-29-2009, 02:26 AM

From the command line you can do:

Code:

smbmount //windows_ip_address/shared_folder mount_directory -o username=smith

smith is your username on the windows machine, windows_ip_address is the ip address of the windows machine on the same network, shared_folder is the share name of the folder, and mount_directory is an empty directory on the linux machine you are setting up as the access point.

You don't need samba running as a server to do this, just the samba client (eg smbfs package).

At the command line,
'man smbmount'

and
'man smbclient'

will give you more information.

mehnaz · 07-29-2009, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonsignal

From the command line you can do:

Code:

smbmount //windows_ip_address/shared_folder mount_directory -o username=smith

smith is your username on the windows machine, windows_ip_address is the ip address of the windows machine on the same network, shared_folder is the share name of the folder, and mount_directory is an empty directory on the linux machine you are setting up as the access point.

You don't need samba running as a server to do this, just the samba client (eg smbfs package).

At the command line,
'man smbmount'

and
'man smbclient'

will give you more information.

thanks alot its working,,,now i can access and modify windows files,,same is possible for linux???can i access linux files from windows or not.one more thing it is also giving sm errors like
samba:invalid option --o
3681:session request to win_ip_add failed(called name not present)
should i care about these??

neonsignal · 07-29-2009, 04:37 AM

Quote:

can i access linux files from windows or not.

For sure, but for this you do need the samba server installed, which I think you already have. It runs as a process called smbd.

The configuration is managed by the file /etc/samba/smb.conf

If you have a look in this file, it has lots of comments to explain the sections. You can also 'man smb.conf' for more information.

If you change the configuration, you can restart the samba daemon
/etc/init.d/samba restart

As to the error messages, when did you get these? Was this from smbmount?

shahz · 07-29-2009, 04:39 AM

yes you can share a directory with samba for windows users, and you can also make the samba as PDC (Primary Domain Controller) where your user will have a transparent shared directory for each user. and roaming profiles can be done also in samba.

you need to configure smb.conf file

mehnaz · 07-29-2009, 11:51 PM

As to the error messages, when did you get these? Was this from smbmount?[/QUOTE]
yes from smbmount

mehnaz · 07-29-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shahz

yes you can share a directory with samba for windows users, and you can also make the samba as PDC (Primary Domain Controller) where your user will have a transparent shared directory for each user. and roaming profiles can be done also in samba.

you need to configure smb.conf file

okk thanks,,i ll try that

shahz · 07-30-2009, 01:12 AM

when you configure your smb.conf file check for the internal correction with the following command.

testparm

mehnaz · 07-30-2009, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shahz

when you configure your smb.conf file check for the internal correction with the following command.

testparm

i did this and the result was "okk"" no problems

shahz · 07-30-2009, 01:31 AM

paste your smb.conf file here

mehnaz · 07-30-2009, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shahz

paste your smb.conf file here

cant as i told u mozilla is not working there and i am not able to acces that computer through putty

mehnaz · 07-30-2009, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonsignal

As to the error messages, when did you get these? Was this from smbmount?

yes from smbmount,,i think these arrors are related to somewhat windows as even providing wrong password for specified computer ,,i can access shared folders,,i dont know how but this is happening

shahz · 07-30-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mehnaz

cant as i told u mozilla is not working there and i am not able to acces that computer through putty

well when you can get a share from windows to Linux, through smbmount then you can just copy your smb.conf file there and you can get it then in windows just copy paste will get the smb.conf here.