Try using the IP like: mount -t smbfs -o username=guest //192.168.1.1/whatever /mnt/blah On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 11:26, Florian Idelberger wrote: > [root@incarnationofdeath sane.d]# mount -t smbfs -o username=guest > "//ratte/Neuer Ordner" /mnt/floppy > 5498: Connection to ratte failed > SMB connection failed > > That's what I get. But that doesn't help me any further because even > before I knew that I got no connection. But why? i don't know which > settings could be wrong. > > Stefan Lange wrote: > > > Florian Idelberger wrote: > > > >> I haven't tried smbclient from the commandline because I don't know > >> how to use it to seek for online machines. > > > > > > assuming you want to get access to a windows share try this from the > > command line: > > > > mount -t smbfs -o username=YOURNAME;password=YOURPASSWORD > > //COMPUTERNAME/SHARE /MOUNTPOINT > > > > where YOURNAME and YOURPASSWORD are the username and password of the > > windows computer. You should either get access to the share or an > > error message, that tells you where your problem is... > > > > greetings, stefan > > > > -- Adam Voigt adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
