Ok, I installed Mandrake 9.0. Looks pretty good, found everything except my printer, which is fine, don't use it much anyway. The problem I'm having now is networking, all of my mp3's are on my wifes XP Pro box, I've got Samba, but I can't seem to figure out how the hell to connect to her machine to access the mp3's. Help?
Mother&^#$##&%&% Linux
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Mirlyn
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I've always done it the other way around, so here goes
1) need an account on your wifes computer so linux can log in (just like you would from another windows box)
2) Share the mp3s
3) open a termial window and switch to root:
$ su
4) type this command:
# smbmount //remotepcname/share /mnt -o username=foo
you must specify the share name. -o means options, username= username of the account on your wife's pc that you created
5) It'll prompt for a password
6) if it goes back to another prompt, it worked. Check out the /mnt folder and your shared folders/files should be there
1) need an account on your wifes computer so linux can log in (just like you would from another windows box)
2) Share the mp3s
3) open a termial window and switch to root:
$ su
4) type this command:
# smbmount //remotepcname/share /mnt -o username=foo
you must specify the share name. -o means options, username= username of the account on your wife's pc that you created
5) It'll prompt for a password
6) if it goes back to another prompt, it worked. Check out the /mnt folder and your shared folders/files should be there
Am I missing something here?
to be honest, i've never worked with gnomba, i just knew it existed and as far as i knew it worked just fine.
Also, why did you download it?, i think you can install it straight from one of mdk cds, the version included might work properly.
jtus be sure to uninstall the one you got.
Also, why did you download it?, i think you can install it straight from one of mdk cds, the version included might work properly.
jtus be sure to uninstall the one you got.
tommyj27
Not really Banned
it _should_ work the way mirlyn described it, but according to the samba docs the preferred way is to call smbmount from mount, example
mount -t smbfs //remotepcname/share /mnt -o username=foo
i think that i the correct syntax but i may be wrong, i can check tomorrow if that doesn't work. also, i don't think you need to be root to mount shares either, as long as you have permissions to the folder you're using as a mount point, which can be anything, like /home/PT/mp3. if it says it's mounting but you can't see any files try running mount w/o any options, that should show you all the mounted filesystems.
another place to check out is justlinux.com, the forums there can be a goldmine of tip and tricks, i was there earlier today, took me 5 minutes to find the answer i could have read documentation all day to not find.
hope this helps,
mount -t smbfs //remotepcname/share /mnt -o username=foo
i think that i the correct syntax but i may be wrong, i can check tomorrow if that doesn't work. also, i don't think you need to be root to mount shares either, as long as you have permissions to the folder you're using as a mount point, which can be anything, like /home/PT/mp3. if it says it's mounting but you can't see any files try running mount w/o any options, that should show you all the mounted filesystems.
another place to check out is justlinux.com, the forums there can be a goldmine of tip and tricks, i was there earlier today, took me 5 minutes to find the answer i could have read documentation all day to not find.
hope this helps,
hmmmm, i think you can do it via supermount
file /etc/fstab (something similar, i use tab to find it instead of memorizing the name).
Thou, there's the obvious risk that supermount will load before samba, and it will report an error. Can someone point if there's another method, 'cause now i'm curious about it too.
file /etc/fstab (something similar, i use tab to find it instead of memorizing the name).
Thou, there's the obvious risk that supermount will load before samba, and it will report an error. Can someone point if there's another method, 'cause now i'm curious about it too.
I got hers to mount from info I found at www.justlinux.com Great site too. But....
Now, I'm trying to figure out how to mount my own damn disks. I've got c and d on this computer that are both ntfs, I'd like to at least mount d. I can do it command line, using this...
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/toasterd -t ntfs
Ok, so I put that in the fstab file, and it doesn't work. So, I look back at the site again and they don't show the -t, so I try it again, without the -t and it still won't do it automatically. Now, I can still run console and do it there, but I'd really like for it to just do this at boot time. (My porno is on that drive for gods sake!!!!)
Now, I'm trying to figure out how to mount my own damn disks. I've got c and d on this computer that are both ntfs, I'd like to at least mount d. I can do it command line, using this...
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/toasterd -t ntfs
Ok, so I put that in the fstab file, and it doesn't work. So, I look back at the site again and they don't show the -t, so I try it again, without the -t and it still won't do it automatically. Now, I can still run console and do it there, but I'd really like for it to just do this at boot time. (My porno is on that drive for gods sake!!!!)