Is it necessary for me to mount everything I wish to be able to see? I'd like to be able to browse the entire Windows network that my MDK 9.1 box is attached to.
How can I do that? Surely not by mounting every resource. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Raffaele Belardi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] network problem? > > > Scott, > > 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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >
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