Hi Shane:
smbmount //WINNT/F$/WINNT /winnt -U SOMEONE -P FEELGOOD
man smbmount describes the above fields (server, service, root directory),
this has been working on my RH5.2 box for two months without a problem.
Tom
At 06:19 AM 4/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, I tried all that Alexander, but it gave an
>error of
>mount failed:invalid argument.
>
>The network drive I am trying to mount is on an
>NT domain called SEMI. On this Linux box, I am not
>connecting to the domain so will this cause problems
>when trying to mount the drive.
>
>
>
>--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> IIRC
>>
>> 'mkdir /mnt/dun1' make
>> directory for \\DUN1 shares
>> 'mkdir /mnt/dun1/public' make
>> directory for \\DUN1\PUBLIC share
>> 'smbmount //dun1/public /mnt/dun1/public -n -c
>> RHL-Box' mount WinNT
>> share on /mnt/dun1/public, -n: dont ask for
>> password, -c: Use 'RHL-Box' for
>> client name.
>>
>> this should enable you to mount the network drive on
>> /mnt/dun1/public
>> Of course, WinNT has to allow connections thru
>> TCP/IP, and its IP address
>> must be known on the RHL box (either /etc/hosts or
>> thru DNS - otherwise add
>> '-i zzz.yyy.xxx.www' to specify WinNTs IP address).
>>
>> Vriendelijke Groeten / Kind Regards,
>>
>> Alexander van Luijpen
>>
>> Philips Semiconductors Nederland
>> Test and Product Engineering
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>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Shane McKeown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 10:50 AM
>> > To: Linux Newbie
>> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Subject: Connecting to network drive
>> >
>> > Hi all, I have just installed RH5.2 at work and I
>> need
>> > to connect to the public drive. Within WinNT this
>>
>> > drive has a mapping of \\DUN1\PUBLIC but how do I
>> > set this up in Linux.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Shane
>> >
>> >
>>
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