How to use samba on the command line
Just a short how to access samba shares via the command line.
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Mount Samba share using fstab
To mount a Samba share when Linux system comes up after reboot edit the /etc/fstab file and put entry as follows for your Windows/Samba share:
//ntserver/share /mnt/samba smbfs username=username,password=password 0 0
For example, if you want to mount a share called //ntserver/docs then you need to write following entry in /etc/fstab file:
//192.168.0.1/share /mnt/samba smbfs username=nikesh,password=passwd123 0 0
Setting up samba with password protection
To easily share your files to linux and windows clients, samba is still the preferred choice. In this guide I will show how to setup a samba server on centos 5 machine, that can be accessed only by certain people protected by password.
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How to setup a Samba Server
Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.” Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients. If you would like to setup a server so Windows users can access shared directories, this tutorial is for you.
Access to Windows Shares in openSuse 10.3
You want to be able to access shared folders on Windows machines from your Linux system? Then this tutorial is for you:
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