samba - Jan 2004 - Samba to copy Linux to windows 2000

Hi There,

I would like to use samba to connect from a Linux redhat 9 machine to a 
Windows 2000 machine(On the same network) and copy files to the Windows 
Machine through a share.

Is this dificult?
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arcX

Alex,

It is very simple.

Assuming that you have installed the appropriate samba packages (the 
samba-client packages), and that you have properly created a share on 
the windows machine, just run the command:

mount -t smbfs -o username=foo //WinServer/share ./smbdir/

This typically will have to be run as root.

You can then read and write to the mounted directory just like any other 
normal local directory.

If you don't have root access, run:

smbclient //WinServer/share -U foo

You can then put and get files similar to command line ftp.

seth

Alex wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I would like to use samba to connect from a Linux redhat 9 machine to 
> a Windows 2000 machine(On the same network) and copy files to the 
> Windows Machine through a share.
>
> Is this dificult?
> ---
> arcX
>