I have a workgroup of "home" and a computer called "THEBOX" with a share
of "My Music".  I can browse to it from my X desktop but I get error
messages when I use the command line:


mount -t user=XXXX,password=XXXX //THEBOX/My Music /audio

What do I need to do differently?

Thanks,

Chris

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:40:29 +0000 Chris Tenney wrote:

> I have a workgroup of "home" and a computer called "THEBOX" with a share
> of "My Music".  I can browse to it from my X desktop but I get error
> messages when I use the command line:

> mount -t user=XXXX,password=XXXX //THEBOX/My Music /audio
>
> What do I need to do differently?

man mount -> to see what "-t" meants and that it need a value

Too notice the space in "My Music".

> Chris

Alexander


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"Alexander Dalloz" <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.07.07.20.43.52.855715@uni-bielefeld.de...
> On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:40:29 +0000 Chris Tenney wrote:
> 
> 
>
> man mount -> to see what "-t" meants and that it need a value
>
> Too notice the space in "My Music".
> 
>
> Alexander
>
>
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> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany
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> PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416  14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
>

the command line should read
mount -t smbfs //THEBOX/My Music /audio -o user=XXXX,password=XXXX

But, 1 question, how does Linux handle spaces in names like "My Music"?  Do
I type it as shown, or do I do something else?

Thanks,

Chris

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"Chris Tenney" <tenneyc@earthlink.net> writes:

>the command line should read
>mount -t smbfs //THEBOX/My Music /audio -o user=XXXX,password=XXXX
>
>But, 1 question, how does Linux handle spaces in names like "My Music"?  Do
>I type it as shown, or do I do something else?

You do something else.









Oh, you actually want to know what?   Why not ask?

Surround the argument in which blanks are significant with
quotation marks.

mount -t smbfs "//THEBOX/My Musix" /audio -o ...

Do ensure you mkdir /audio first.

scott
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
>
>

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:08:08 +0000 Chris Tenney wrote:

> the command line should read
> mount -t smbfs //THEBOX/My Music /audio -o user=XXXX,password=XXXX

Great, you helped yourself. Isn't that a good feeling? ;)

> But, 1 question, how does Linux handle spaces in names like "My Music"?  D
o
> I type it as shown, or do I do something else?

In general I would avoid using directory names with spaces, either under
*NIX or Windows[tm]. Some too avoid spaces in files names too. You don't
really need white spaced names.

To cover your actual situation you would need to modify the mount command
line by putting the UNC name - which is the Windows[tm] share - into "".

> Chris

Alexander


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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:19:01 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> "Chris Tenney" <tenneyc@earthlink.net> writes:
> 
>
> You do something else.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Oh, you actually want to know what?   Why not ask?
>
> Surround the argument in which blanks are significant with quotation
> marks.
>
> mount -t smbfs "//THEBOX/My Musix" /audio -o ...
>
> Do ensure you mkdir /audio first.
>
> scott 
I got it:

mount -t smbfs //thebox/my\ music /audio -o username=XXX,password=XXXX

Now, how do I place this im /etc/fstab to mount on boot.  I placed the
above line there and it gave me an error?

Thanks,

Chris

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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:59:11 +0000 Chris Tenney wrote:

> I got it:
>
> mount -t smbfs //thebox/my\ music /audio -o username=XXX,password=XXXX
>
> Now, how do I place this im /etc/fstab to mount on boot.  I placed the
> above line there and it gave me an error?

man fstab

The /etc/fstab entries have a specific format.

> Chris

Alexander


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Chris Tenney wrote:
> I have a workgroup of "home" and a computer called "THEBOX" with a share
> of "My Music".  I can browse to it from my X desktop but I get error
> messages when I use the command line:
>
>
> mount -t user=XXXX,password=XXXX //THEBOX/My Music /audio
>
> What do I need to do differently?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris

try:

smbmount /localdirectory //windowsserver/share -o
username=xxxx,password=xxxx

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Kurt wrote:
> Chris Tenney wrote:
> 
>
>
> try:
>
> smbmount /localdirectory //windowsserver/share -o
> username=xxxx,password=xxxx
Chris,


Is not the syntax: smbmount //windowsserver/share /localdirectory -o
username=xxxx,password=xxxx ?

Alernative:

mount -t smb //windowsserver/share /localdirectory -o
user=XXXX,password=XXXX

second alternative:

put following lines in your /etc/fstab:

//windowsserver/share	/localdirectory		smbfs
defaults,noauto,user=XXXX,password=XXXX

where noauto is optional, avoids boot problems when your Windows machine
is offline when you boot the linux machine.


Kind regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra

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Jan Gerrit Kootstra wrote:
> Kurt wrote:
> 
>
> Chris,
>
>
> Is not the syntax: smbmount //windowsserver/share /localdirectory -o
> username=xxxx,password=xxxx ?
>
> Alernative:
>
> mount -t smb //windowsserver/share /localdirectory -o
> user=XXXX,password=XXXX
>
> second alternative:
>
> put following lines in your /etc/fstab:
>
> //windowsserver/share    /localdirectory        smbfs
> defaults,noauto,user=XXXX,password=XXXX
>
> where noauto is optional, avoids boot problems when your Windows machine
> is offline when you boot the linux machine.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Jan Gerrit Kootstra

If the Windows share is an NTFS partition, you might want to mount it as
read only.
$ mount -r -t smbfs -o user=xx password=xx //machine/share /localdirectory

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