problem accessing Windows XP as a client with Samba

[nclerm]

Linux networking friends,

I have a computer running SUSE Linux 10.1. At work all the computers on
the network, except this one, are running either Windows 2000 Pro or
Windows 2000 Server. The computers are physically connected through a
router. I am an administrator on all the Windows computers and have no
problem whatsoever mounting administrative shares such as C$ using smbmnt.

Using the same Linux computer at home, I try to access a computer
running Windows XP Pro, on which I'm also an administrator. I have
turned off simple file sharing on the Windows XP computer. The computers
are also connected through a router. I can't access using smbclient, and
I can't mount using smbmnt. The Windows XP computer has the name of
APPLE, and when I try

smbclient -L APPLE

or

smbclient -L apple

I get the messages

4611: Connection to apple failed
connection to apple failed.

Any suggestions?

Norm Clerman

[trickster]

su -c "mount -t smbfs -u username -p password //server/sharepoint //client/mountpoint"

or

su -c "mount -t cifs -u username -p password //server/sharepoint //client/mountpoint"

[nclerm]

Thanks for your response.

When I try either of your suggestions, I see the following:

mount: invalid option -- u
Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .

[trickster]

mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=username,password=password

http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesys...rmanently.html