Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Once you have set up Samba, here are a number of things you can do: > > From the terminal (as root): > # mkdir /mnt/xxx > # mount -t smb //computername/folder /mnt/xxx > This will mount the shared folder onto a local directory. > > You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for it to be mounted more easily: > //computer/folder /mnt/xxx smb noauto,user 0 0 > Then, as any user, you can simply type "mount /mnt/xxx" to mount it. You > may need to add options in the /etc/fstab line to set the user and > password, depending on how you set up the security on your network. > > Once you have done this, in KDE you can create an icon on the desktop which > automatically mounts it (similar to the floppy and cdrom icons). > > > From Konqueror, you can access a Windows shared folder directly by typing > the following in the address bar: > smb://computer/folder/ > > > I'm a bit confused about one thing: Are you trying to mount a Samba > directory from the same machine? Not that you can't, but it seems a bit > strange. > > If you do, then you need TWO directories: One which is shared, and one > (empty) which is where you'll mount it. For example: > > /home/keith/network - this is the shared directory (//keith/public) > /home/keith/mounted - this is where you mount it. > > To mount it, you'd use a command like > mount -t smb //keith/public /home/keith/mounted > > After that, the contents of /home/keith/mounted will appear the same as > /home/keith/network, except that the "mounted" directory is via samba (even > if it's local), while the other is the physical, local directory. > > Ramon > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" containing only the text "unsubscribe $LIST"
