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billy_gates

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Mounting SMB File Shares
« on: 28 January 2002, 00:06 »
In RedHat 7.2, How do you go about mounting an SMB Share? I know about the
"smbclient \\ServerName\ShareName -U Username" thing, but is it possible to mount what I can browse using this command?

I am connecting to a samba server on another Linux Machine, not windows

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Mounting SMB File Shares
« Reply #1 on: 28 January 2002, 01:26 »
There are *several* ways you can access Windows/Samba shares on remote machines from your Linux box. If you indeed want to actually "mount" from the command line use "smbmount".  If you want to get to a share graphically, in Konqueror you can use the "smb://servername/sharename" URL and browse the share just like you would in Win Explorer (make sure you enter your WIndows Network settings in KDE Kontrol panel.  

There are other nice Network Neighborhood type browsers out there like "xsmbrowser" which is a very good one which allows you to browse your computers just like in "Network Neighborhood" in windows and if you really want to mount, just click the "mount" button..  There are even ways to add smb shares to your /etc/fstab and use the normal "mount" command.  And many more...
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