On 04/03/13 21:11, Israel, John R. wrote:
> I have done things from Window to UNIX with Samba before.  As you say, we do 
> it all the time.
> 
> The issue I have is I need my Unix box to grab the data from Windows and copy 
> it from Windows to Unix.  The copy needs to be run from Unix, not Windows.  
> THAT is the problem I am having.  Mapping a network drive in Windows will be 
> great from Windows, but will not solve the problem of issuing the command 
> from Unix (unless I am completely missing the point).

mount -t cifs //windows/share /mnt/windowsdrive -o user=username -o
pass=password

This will enable you to copy from the unix box. You'll need to hunt up
what you need to install to get the "-t cifs" option but it should come
with samba - "man mount.cifs".

Cheers,
Wol
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