On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:05:36PM -0400, Harland Christofferson wrote: > At Friday, 14 May 2004, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Harland Christofferson wrote: <snip> > >> > >>mount chokes on the windblows directory "system products" . > >> > >>i assume this is b/c of the space in the directory name. what should > >>i do so i can mount this windblows share? > >> > > > >I just did a quick test, sharing out \\winserver\My Music, and was > able > >to mount it with: > > > >smbmount "//winserver/My Music" mntpoint > > > >(notice the quotes). I tried the mount command like you're using above > >and it failed, but then I don't know the exact syntax and am too > lazy to > >look it up, so YMMV. > > > >-- > >Kent > > > > > > i am not having the same luck as you are. i can mount to //windblowsserver/backup > but i cannot mount to "//windblowsserver/backup/system products" > i tried smbmount and mount -t smbfs. any other suggestions? >
Are you sure that is a windows share? I mean, is the windows share "//windslowsserver/backup" and "system products" is just a directory under that share? Or are they *both* valid windows shares? What does "smbclient -L windblowsserver" list as the valid shares? HTH -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
