Thanks, Bob. Just checked documentation. mount -t smbfs works for Linux. Unfortunately, I am using a Solaris box.
Anyone knows a way to see a windows share (physically on a PC) as a (logical) directory on Solaris? Thanks, Tian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Crandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tian-xiong Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] copy a large volume of data from PC to samba server > Hi, > I guess I responded directly to you. Sorry, I meant to respond to the list. > > I was under the impression you had mounted the PC drive. One way to mount it is: > mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //computer/share /mnt/point > > Then /dir1 = /mnt/point. Of course, if /mnt/point is made available through Samba, > then you can use Windoze Explorer. > > I hope this helps. > > Tian-xiong Lu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > > >Hi, thanks. > > > >but /dir1 is on the PC. How can I cd to there on a samba server (UNIX)? > > > >Tian. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bob Crandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tian-xiong Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 12:25 AM > >Subject: Re: [Samba] copy a large volume of data from PC to samba server > > > > > >> A friend of mine wrote this for me: > >> (cd /dir1; tar cf - .) | (cd /dir2; tar xfp -) > >> Where dir1 is the source and dir2 is your destination. This was written > >to protect > >> permissions on Linux drives but should do the job for you. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> Tian-xiong Lu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >> > > >> >Hi there, > >> > > >> >Is there someone over there knows a method or script > >> >that can copy a large volume of data (in folders) from PCs > >> >to a samba server (suppose there is enough space there)? > >> > > >> >I know using smbclient or smbtar can backup data on PCs > >> >to samba server, but it is written in tar files.I wonder whether > >> >this method can handle a large folder, say, in 10GB size. > >> > > >> >Also, using smbclient with mget and recurse on, one can > >> >copy folders from PC to samba server. But in doing so, > >> >it is in interactive mode and keeps asking yes/no to continue. > >> >Is there a way to get rid of these prompts? > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Tian. > >> > > >> > > >> -- > >> Bob Crandell > >> Assured Computing > >> When you need to be sure. > >> Cell 541-914-3985 > >> FAX 240-371-7237 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> www.assuredcomp.com > >> Eugene, Or. 97402 > >> > >> > > > > > -- > Bob Crandell > Assured Computing > When you need to be sure. > Cell 541-914-3985 > FAX 240-371-7237 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.assuredcomp.com > Eugene, Or. 97402 > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
