small problem with smbfs mount
 

Hi

I am trying to mount a windows share that has a name with a space within it, how do i go about it without removing the space.

ie.

mount -t smbfs \\ComputerName\The Share /mnt/share -o username=somebody password=something.

The Share is where the problem is lying.

Thanx

I don't use SMB much yet (wireless network is sooo slow), but in normal pathnames you can use a space by 'backslashing' it. Maybe you have tried this already, but just in case. (note the extra slash after 'the').....mmmm I'm starting to feel a bit dumb with this one. It could work I suppose if you could use forward slashes (I changed the slashes around to illustrate) in the rest of the path.... nah maybe try the second idea.

stick in a %20.... hey it's just an educated guess, worth a quick shot though.

note both of these guesses are HIGHLY speculative.

Actually a "\" should be use just before the space.

On my server the name of the share is:
Vault 89

So to mount it I type:
mount -t smbfs //10.0.0.8/Vault\ 89/ /mnt/hd

If that doesn't work then its not the real share name or there is something weird with your network.

Yeah but
 

qoutes work as well and its easier than all of the /

mount -t smbfs \\ComputerName\"The Share" /mnt/share -o username=somebody password=something.

That should work fine.

or if you use kde then you could use smb4k. nifty little proggy.