sideways2 wrote: 
> 
> BTW...can someone reply with the correct syntax for filling in the
> blanks on getting a shared Windows folder to be mounted?? I think I'm
> missing something as I get a red error mount.cifs: bad UNC
> 
> Again...thanks...much appreciated!!
> 
> Dave

//HOSTNAME.local/ShareName  or //DottedDecimal_IP/Sharename

Ideally, you should be able to ping whatever lies between // and / and
get a response (firewalls permitting). The most common mistake is to
think that because we are talking to a Windows share we need
backslashes; forward slashes are, in fact, mandatory.



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