On Tuesday 03 July 2007 1:00 pm, HappyEvilSlosh wrote: > 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
Also, if you are using Ubuntu or Kubuntu you will probably have to install smbfs as it is not installed by default. Rob
