it is used both ways, i.e to see linux disk from windows and viceversa. In the former case you need the samba server, in the latter the client.
Paul,
I did this rather a long time ago so I'm not sure I really didn't have to do any configuration for the client. Currently I only need to issue:
smbmount //<ip_address_of_W2K_PC>/<share_name> /<mount_point>
to see the W2K share from linux. I have to use the IP address because the local network is mess (Novell + W2K + Sun) and DNS doesn't always resolve for me.
I think you need use the smbclient front-end only for debugging.
raffaele
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Forgive my ignorance Paul, insn't Samba used to allow Windows users to connect to and use Linux stuff?
Scott
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] network problem?
I am trying to connect to a W2K network with Active Directory. I am using Mandrake 9.1 with the samba3rc4 contrib rpms.
When I issue smbclient3 //<server>/<directory>
I get a password prompt for the directory. After entering my password, I get the smb prompt. From there all sub-directories are visible to the ls command.
However, when I issue smbclient3 //<server>/<share>
I get the following: could not resolve mount point.
What's wrong here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Paul
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