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seeing windows shares from linux

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Name: network Newbie
Date: August 9, 2000 at 13:44:15 Pacific
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I have managed to configure my samba browser in mandrake linux 7.1 on my p][ 300 to see the other users over the network and i can see the shares but i cannot browse the contents of these shares...what am i dong wrong ?



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Name: Scott
Date: August 9, 2000 at 16:42:12 Pacific
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Hello.

smbclient -L should print a list of shares

mount -t smb \\\\MACHINENAME\\SHAREDDIRECTORY
should allow you to mount the shares.

Modify /etc/fstab to auto mount at boottime.

I'm pretty green in this area, but I hope this helps.

Scott


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