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Title: Connecting Linux workstation to users IBay
Post by: Ted on August 27, 2005, 04:07:51 AM
Maybe I just don't know where to look but I have been unable to figure out how to connect my linux workstation (Suse 9.3) to my IBay on my SME 6.5 server.  E-mail is no problem that comes through fine.  When I boot into XP I can easly get to my files directory in my IBay, just not under Suse.

Help or even point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Ted

Molon Labe
Title: Connecting Linux workstation to users IBay
Post by: RonM on August 27, 2005, 07:53:01 AM
Hi Ted
There's several ways you could use to see samba shares (ibays) on your server from a SUSE box

You should be logged on to the SUSE box with a username and password that match one that has access to the ibay. For some things it helps if the workgroup entry matches the workgroup on the SME server

Gnome has a network browser

smb://servername/ibayname or smb://serveripaddress/ibayname
in the "address bar" of Konqueror or gnome

at the commandline, su, then
mount -t smbfs //netbiosname/sharename mnt/yourmountpoint (all one line)

hopefully one of these (or all) will work for you - it can sometimes be, er, "interesting" to connect from linux. You might also find yourself entering your account name and password often. I haven't had any trouble with this on Ubuntu, though.

Hey, it looks like we're neighbors :)