Access Windows Shares In Linux

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Tuesday, 18th Aug 2009 | Share


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Accessing windows network shares from the Linux command line is quick and easy. This lets you access windows shares in Linux just like another ,

  1. Get the application smbmount from the repositories using  sudo apt-get smbmount
  2. Then, go to the terminal and key in :
    smbmount “\\\\WINDOWS\\c” -c ‘mount /mount/Windows’ -I 192.168.0.3
  3. Here "\\\WINDOWS\\c" is the windows share which you want to access and where you want them into.(etc\etc\);
  4. To make this permanent :
    \\10.0.23.2\DataHeap /media/server smbfs rw,user,suid<\pre>

This will add the appropriate repository from . That is all. Now access any windows drive as just another drive on your desktop. Feel free to ask for help.



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