How to use samba on the command line
Just a short how to access samba shares via the command line.
smbtree – finds windows machines and samba shares. See example below:
~$ smbtree
Password:
WORKGROUP
MSHOME
\\MYTH-DESKTOP myth-desktop server (Samba, Mythbuntu)
\\MYTH-DESKTOP\videos Videos
Workgroup and MSHOME are two workgroups found by smbtree. MYTH-DESKTOP is a machine on the MSHOME workgroup that has a samba share of “videos”.
nmblookup gets a list of NetBIOS names from the remote host:
$ nmblookup -A 192.168.2.231
Looking up status of 192.168.0.100
MYTH-DESKTOP <00> - B <ACTIVE>
MYTH-DESKTOP <03> - B <ACTIVE>
MYTH-DESKTOP <20> - B <ACTIVE>
..__MSBROWSE__. <01> – <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
MSHOME <1d> - B <ACTIVE>
MSHOME <1e> – <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
MSHOME <00> – <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
Get list of resources available on the remote host:
$ smbclient -L\\MYTH-DESKTOP -I 192.168.2.231
Password:
Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]
Sharename Type Comment
——— —- ——-
videos Disk Videos
Server Comment
——— ——-
MYTH-DESKTOP myth-desktop server (Samba, Mythbuntu)
Workgroup Master
——— ——-
MSHOME MYTH-DESKTOP
WORKGROUP DESKTOP2
Access a resource on the remote host:
$ smbclient //MYTH-DESKTOP/videos -I 192.168.2.231 -N
If you see the smb:\> prompt, you have successfully logged in. Once you are logged in, type help for a list of commands. If you wish to browse the contents of your home directory, replace sharename with your username. If the -U switch is not used, the username of the current user is passed to the Samba server.
To exit smbclient, type exit at the smb:\> prompt.
Example:
Copy a file:
smb> get (filename)
Permanently mount a samba share:
Add something to this effect is your /etc/fstab (make sure you have the cifs package installed:
//server/share /localMountPoint cifs guest 0 0
then a simple "mount -a" should mount it for you.
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