windows network computer acess

ajaya23 · 04-25-2008, 08:36 AM

Hello,
I am using ubuntu 7.10.Can anybody tell me a way so that I can access a computer in the windows network through ip adress as I do in windows xp through run.

lensman3 · 04-26-2008, 08:01 PM

Try this:

1) as super user in a text window, make a directory called /mnt/test.

2) Then do "smbclient -L ip-address-of-windows-pc'. When it asks for a password just hit enter. You are looking for the share name of the disk that you want to mount.

3) then do
mount -f cifs //ipnumber/share-name /mnt/test

This will ask you for the password. I would suggest make a typing mistake to see all the options that the cifs mount option has available. I made a mistake and used /u1 instead of /mnt/test and Linux created /u1 off the root-directory.

Do a 'df' in the text window to see the mount point and the various options set when the directory as mounted. Remember this is ntfs so different naming rules apply.

Once you mount it, try the command 'du -a /mount-point. It will list every file on the ntfs partition.

To unmount the disk, do 'umount /mount-point'. Notice umount is spelled wrong!!!!!

04-25-2008, 08:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
ajaya23 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: XP SP2	windows network computer acess Hello, I am using ubuntu 7.10.Can anybody tell me a way so that I can access a computer in the windows network through ip adress as I do in windows xp through run.

04-26-2008, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 385 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: windows network computer acess Try this: 1) as super user in a text window, make a directory called /mnt/test. 2) Then do "smbclient -L ip-address-of-windows-pc'. When it asks for a password just hit enter. You are looking for the share name of the disk that you want to mount. 3) then do mount -f cifs //ipnumber/share-name /mnt/test This will ask you for the password. I would suggest make a typing mistake to see all the options that the cifs mount option has available. I made a mistake and used /u1 instead of /mnt/test and Linux created /u1 off the root-directory. Do a 'df' in the text window to see the mount point and the various options set when the directory as mounted. Remember this is ntfs so different naming rules apply. Once you mount it, try the command 'du -a /mount-point. It will list every file on the ntfs partition. To unmount the disk, do 'umount /mount-point'. Notice umount is spelled wrong!!!!! Last edited by lensman3 : 04-26-2008 at 08:03 PM.