Accessing Windows Shares

[unckybob]

Is there any other way to access Windows shares than using LISa?

I'm a newbie and I don't quite know what to type in the blanks.

I made a webpage that outlines what I've done with LISa. It contained to many images, so I couldn't post it on this site. Please have a look at it.

https://home.comcast.net/~cullsandra/myfilelocker/Windows_Sharing_with_LISa.html

Bob

[digid]

mount -t cifs -o username=yourusernametotheshare,password=password //xx.xx.xx.xx(win_IP)/share /somedirectory

I hope this helps!

[unckybob]

Tried:

mount -t cifs username=Tom //xxx.xxx.xx.x/share//SharedDocs on HP Compaq nc8000 (Hp-819f962739cd)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

This is probably an elementary mistake, please bear with me as I am fairly new to linux.

[unckybob]

$ sudo mount -t [cifs or smbfs] -o username=username,password=password //xxx.xxx.xx.x/sharefolder-from-Network-Neighborhood /mnt/win

retrying with upper case share name
mount error 6 = No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs( manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
$

[unckybob]

Is a windows server necessary to use this command, because I just have another Windows machine on the network. The "share" as I call it is in "Network Neighborhood"? Thanks.

[julesh]

Do you have smbclient on your system? What happens if you type

smbclient -L //[ip address] -U username

e.g. for me, I get the following

jules@vengeance:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.1.102
Password:
Domain=[MINERVA] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        E$              Disk      Default share
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
        I$              Disk      Default share
        Stuff           Disk
        ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
        C$              Disk      Default share
        shared          Disk
session request to 192.168.1.102 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
Domain=[MINERVA] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------

The error you're getting suggests to me that the share name isn't quite what you expect it to be.