how do i mount windows shares on linux

bongo.hickup · 06-12-2003, 10:57 AM

Hi..

I can get samba to share linux files to windows

BUT I want to mount a windows(2000) share on redhat9 - can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance..

jpbarto · 06-12-2003, 11:06 AM

the command is something along these lines...

mount -t smbfs winhost:/mp3_share /mnt/winshare

where winhost is the name of the computer, mp3_share is the name of the share and smbfs is the filesystem type.

hope that helps,
jpbarto

angelrod · 06-12-2003, 11:36 AM

Use:

mount -t smbfs -o username=<username>,password=<password> //<hostname>/<sharesame> /<mountpoint>

If you don´t need an username and password to connect to your share:

mount -t smbfs //<hostname>/<sharesname> /<mountpoint>

Good Luck

jpbarto · 06-12-2003, 11:47 AM

thank you for the correction angelrod

angelrod · 06-12-2003, 12:06 PM

No prob.

DrOzz · 06-12-2003, 01:29 PM

or you can make life easier and install LinNeighborhood..
and under the redhat enviroment you'll have to issue two commands in the terminal logged in as root...
chmod +s smbmnt
chmod +s smbumount
and it will work like a charm..

bongo.hickup · 06-13-2003, 03:44 AM

Many thanks for your help - I Will go & have a play!!