connect to windows share without samba?

zuessh · 01-26-2004, 08:25 AM

Is there a way to connect to a windows share from linux without samba? It is a standard ntfs share. Thanks

Vincent_Vega · 01-26-2004, 09:09 AM

smbclient //share/name -U username
you'll be prompted for a password whether there is one or not. just press enter...
smbclient --help
or see
man smbmount for another option that is probably better for you.

zuessh · 01-26-2004, 10:13 AM

I am using slack 9.1 and did not install samba. Do I have to install samba to get smbclient? Thanks

Vincent_Vega · 01-26-2004, 10:38 AM

You need to have the SMB filesystem but not Samba. Just try it by typing 'smbclient'. If you get the help menu, you're good!

zuessh · 01-26-2004, 10:44 AM

yep, tried that and get command not found. Also nothing for smbmount.

ezra143 · 01-28-2004, 04:34 AM

yeah, i do believe you will need the smbclient to do this, also, your going to need to have ntfs patched to your kernel to read the files once you do connect.

michaelk · 01-28-2004, 06:39 AM

It is not necessary to have NTFS suport compiled into the kernel because with a network share smb is the interface.

With Redhat and Mandrake smbclient stuff is in a different package from the samba server. I don't know how Slack does it.

zuessh · 01-30-2004, 02:37 PM

once I installed samba I was able to use the smbclient command and it worked perfectly. thanks for the help