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Mapping a drive

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chemical54
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Mapping a drive

#1 Post by chemical54 »

Disclaimer: I am new to Linux / Debian and need everything explained fully.
I am trying to run Debian as a file server. The other machines that are on the network are running Windows XP. When I am in default mode and I go to network servers I can see the XP machines (I can even pull files from them). I need to know if there is a way that I can map a network drive to the Debian server from the XP machines so that I can send files to the server.
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#2 Post by startx »

hi. i think "samba" is what you are looking for.

http://us5.samba.org/samba/
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#3 Post by lacek »

To mount a share exported on a windows computer:
smbmount //computer/sharename /dir/to/mount

See the man page of smbmount for additional options like username.
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