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Lenny smbclient not installed but can access samba share

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markotitel
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Joined: 2010-04-07 13:02

Lenny smbclient not installed but can access samba share

#1 Post by markotitel »

Hi,

How come I can acces samba share, and windows workgroup computer and dont have any samba package installed?

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sudo aptitude show smbclient 
says not installed.

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sudo aptitude show samba 
says not installed

Burnside
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Location: Bend, OR

Re: Lenny smbclient not installed but can access samba share

#2 Post by Burnside »

I'm going to hazard a guess that you have libsmbclient installed along with a client that can make use of libsmbclient.

Search for libsmbclient. If it is installed then:

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aptitude why libsmbclient
To see what package installed it.

markotitel
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Joined: 2010-04-07 13:02

Re: Lenny smbclient not installed but can access samba share

#3 Post by markotitel »

ah gnome desktop env depends on it :). Thank you.

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