Can Linux access WinXP's shared folder?

davidas · 04-17-2004, 12:54 AM

Linux box's IP: 10.1.1.1
Linux mount point for WinXP's Shared folder: /mnt/test

WinXP's IP: 10.1.1.2
WinXP's Shared Folder: C:\Test
WinXP's Shared Folder's password: testpw
WinXP's login userid: John Henderson
WinXP's login user's password: johnpw

Thanks !

RandomLinuxNewb · 04-17-2004, 01:22 AM

Assuming you have samba installed this should be a snap.

Code:

mount -t smbfs -o username="John Henderson",password=testpw,ip=10.1.1.2 //<xp name>/test /mnt/test

type the command smbmount for more information.

davidas · 04-17-2004, 02:05 AM

I've not installed Samba yet. Do I need to install Samba on both the linux box and the Winxp box?

Thanks !

Quote:

Originally posted by RandomLinuxNewb
Assuming you have samba installed this should be a snap.

Code:

mount -t smbfs -o username="John Henderson",password=testpw,ip=10.1.1.2 //<xp name>/test /mnt/test

type the command smbmount for more information.

muah · 04-17-2004, 02:37 AM

You have to install samba only on your linux machine, windows support SMB protocol by default

davidas · 04-17-2004, 04:34 AM

I've installed samba via

Code:

apt-get install samba

However,

Code:

man smbmount

returns me with an error "No manual entry for smbmount". Do I need to install other packages?

From what I understand (with those prompts during installation), I need to use "smbpasswd -a" to create username and password first, before I can mount the wndows folder. Is that right?

Thanks !

Quote:

Originally posted by RandomLinuxNewb
Assuming you have samba installed this should be a snap.

Code:

mount -t smbfs -o username="John Henderson",password=testpw,ip=10.1.1.2 //<xp name>/test /mnt/test

type the command smbmount for more information.

davidas · 04-17-2004, 04:48 AM

Code:

mount -t smbfs -o username="John Henderson",password=testpw,ip=10.1.1.2 //<xp name>/test /mnt/test

return me with this error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //davidpc/test,or too many mounted file systems

Please advise.

Thanks !