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I'm using Red Hat 7.1 with the KDE Desktop. I would like to use Linux as my main OS on my laptop for work. If I can connect to, and mount shares on NT and Win2K servers, I would be able to use Linux for work. I have been testing my configuration at home, connecting to my Win2K server.
I'm able to use the:
smbclient -L 'servername' and the
smbclient //servername/sharename -U username
commands to successfully make connections to my Win2K shares.
I'm having trouble with the 'smbmount' command. I really need to be able to mount the NT shares. I read in a Red Hat guide that the proper syntax for smbmount is:
smbmount //servername/sharename /mnt/directory name -U username
When I use this command, I get an error that the -U is not an smbmount option. I have not been able to find any help with the smbmount command. What is the proper syntax for using this command?
1. Make sure that smbfs is either installed in the kernel, or loaded as a module.
2. Depending on the file type, if it's fat32 your going to be fine, but if it's NTFS your going to only be able to mount it read only. Make sure whichever type your using you have them either compiled in or loaded as a module.
3. Run the command: # smbmount //server/share /mountpoint
This will automagically ask for your password, if correct it will mount, if not then you did something wrong.
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