Re: Accessing a windows xp pro shared folder from a linux machine

["Lani R. Meredith" <lrmeredi@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry to break up the PuTTY love-fest, but I've had problems with it
freezing up on me when I toggle between windows... or just leave it open
too long.  SSH Secure Shell Client (more info at ssh.com) is what I use
now.  The closest mirror is here:

http://strawberry.resnet.mtu.edu/pub/ssh.com/

-Lani

> If your distro doesn't come with a graphical tool to mount samba shares,
> I've
> found LinNeighborhood (http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/) to work quite well.
> As
> for a good SSH client, PuTTY rocks.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:10 pm, Kyle Schneider wrote:
>> What role are you using the machine in?
>>
>> If it's a desktop with something like Gnome or KDE installed, there's
>> likely going to a built-in function to mount a samba share. In Gnome,
>> open a nautilus window (file-browser) and click File -> Connect to
>> Server. I'm not sure how it's done in KDE.
>>
>> If it's something you're using without a GUI or, you can't get the GUI
>> to work/don't want to mess with it, install smbfs (however your
>> distribution does this) and use the following command:
>> mount -t smbfs -o username=foo,password=bar //IPorHostname/share
>> /mount/point
>>
>> I too recommend PuTTY as a Windows SSH client.
>>
>> Patrick Sohn-Griffus wrote:
>> > For an SSH client, I highly recommend PuTTY, available from
>> > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
>> > Nothing else even comes close.
>> >
>> > As to accessing windows shares from linux, I don't know the specifics
>> > off the top of my head, but it's not that hard. A quick google search
>> > will turn up more information than you'll ever need.
>> >
>> > - Patrick
>> >
>> > Jacob Fugal wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I have a machine I just barely installed Linux on and just figured
>> >> out how to get it on the network. Now I need to access some files on
>> >> a windows machine on our lab subnet. I?m not even sure which program
>> >> would support this. I take it that Samba will allow windows machines
>> >> to access directories on the Linux machine, but not necessarily a
>> >> windows directory from a Linux machine. Any tips on where to look on
>> >> how to set this up?
>> >>
>> >> Also, does anyone know of a good ssh2 windows client that is free or
>> >> maybe cheap?
>> >>
>> >> Have a good day!
>> >>
>> >> Jacob Fugal
>> >>
>> >> jpfugal@xxxxxxx
>