On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 09:51 +1200, Kerry Mayes wrote: > I am trying to make a samba directory appear to be on the local system > and am sure it must be simple but can't figure out the proper keywords > to google! > > I have a large volume of music stored on a "server" made available to > the local machine via samba. The music player I am using (Exaile) > only seems to be able to "see" local drives. I'd like to fool it into > thinking the music is on a local drive so that I can add it to > Exaile's "collection".
You could mount it to a drive perhaps? sudo mount -tsmbfs <server IP>//<share folder name>/ <destination> At least IIRC that's the right syntax. We use something similar when we have parties at our flat for various networked PC's around the place using either samba or nfs and it works until someone kicks out a chord. :) --Slosh
