Samba: no smb prompt after successful smbclient

simopal6 · 04-06-2007, 02:53 AM

Hello!
I'm running a Slackware machine, and I would like to access my other Windows PC's files with samba.

This is what i've done:

shell> smbclient -L WIN_BOX -U winuser

The command works, i get a list of the services offered by the computer, but after the list i get no smb:\> prompt, smbclient exits and i get back to the linux shell.

Any help?
Thanks!

EDIT: i thought i had put this thread inside the "networking" section.. My mistake or somebody moved it?

deadeyes · 04-06-2007, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simopal6

Hello!
I'm running a Slackware machine, and I would like to access my other Windows PC's files with samba.

This is what i've done:

shell> smbclient -L WIN_BOX -U winuser

The command works, i get a list of the services offered by the computer, but after the list i get no smb:\> prompt, smbclient exits and i get back to the linux shell.

Any help?
Thanks!

EDIT: i thought i had put this thread inside the "networking" section.. My mistake or somebody moved it?

I think the -L option just list the shares.
You can see how to connect with "man smbclient"

use something like this:
smbclient //hostname/director
Could be that you need to specify a password (empty one)

simopal6 · 04-06-2007, 02:29 PM

You were right, thanks.

I've got another little problem: inside smb shell, if i press TAB to auto-complete filenames, it auto-completes not according to the files in the current smb directory, but according to the directory from where i've run smbclient.
Can this be fixed?

Thanks to everyone.

deadeyes · 04-07-2007, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simopal6

You were right, thanks.

I've got another little problem: inside smb shell, if i press TAB to auto-complete filenames, it auto-completes not according to the files in the current smb directory, but according to the directory from where i've run smbclient.
Can this be fixed?

Thanks to everyone.

So, if you tab, then you get the local files instead of the remote files?

I don't know but maybe it depends on if you are putting or getting something.

simopal6 · 04-08-2007, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadeyes

So, if you tab, then you get the local files instead of the remote files?

Yes, exactly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadeyes

I don't know but maybe it depends on if you are putting or getting something.

It happens both with 'get' and 'put'. I've got samba 3.0.22.

Can this be a configuration problem? My smb.conf is empty.