Mounting to a windoes 7 shared directory

[nmnir3]

Hi All,

I have the following line in my fstab:
//192.168.2.100/e:/video /mnt_win_video ntfs defaults 0 0

And when I try:
mount -t cifs -o username=usr,password=secert //192.168.2.100/e:/video /mnt/mnt_win_video
I get: mount error: can not change directory into mount target /mnt/mnt_win_video

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Nahum

[coopstah13]

you need to create a samba share on the machine you are sharing from to the directory you want to share

also, i would remove the : in the directory name, it may or may not cause problems, but i wouldn't use it anyway

[zindello]

First:

Your fstab references the following DIR:

/mnt_win_video

Whereas your manual mount command references

/mnt/mnt_win_video

You might want to alter your fstab to reflect the latter directory, as its common practice to mount things into /mnt/<some directory> rather than just in to some directory in the root.

(This is most likely what is causing your error above)

Second:

If you want to use your fstab for mouting this folder, you need to substitute out "defaults" for " -o username=usr,password=secret"

This will then enable you to simply type "mount /mnt/mnt_win_video" and it will take care of mounting to the correct dir, as well as passing the credentials to the windows box

Third:

You need to make sure that directory exists and is empty (so that you can mount in to it)

Fourth:

Ensure that you have a user account within your windows PC for the credentials you are supplying in your mount command

Fifth:

Ensure that you have shared the drive on your windows computer that you want to access from your linux box. I would also recommend not using a colon ":" in the same, and simply share your E: drive as E, this would change the //192.168.2.100/e:/ to //192.168.2.100/e/

[Mudgen]

Third:

You need to make sure that directory exists and is empty (so that you can mount in to it)

Empty is not strictly necessary, although a good practice.

[nmnir3]

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