smb client is nowhere to be found

[vontez]

I am running RH8, and I am trying to get samba working with a windows workgroup. I did not install samba when I first installed RH8, but I later went into the package manager and added it. It created /etc/samba/ and this contains smb.conf, and a file called lmhosts. I edited the smb.conf file, but now i'm stuck. I can't get samba to "start" i guess. I go to the service configuration, and i can't find the smb service anywhere. also, my smbpasswd file is in /usr/bin/

I've tried opening a terminal in X and screwed around with it but it won't work. i typed:
mount smb //mp3/mp3 /mnt/mp3
which just gave me a message saying it didn't know what the smb service was.

any ideas?

[michaelk]

Did you install the samba client package? Documentation for samba can be found at www.samba.org.

The filesystem for samba is smbfs i.e.

mount -t smbfs //windows_pc/windows_share /mnt/mount_point

man smbmount contains additional details on mount options for a samba share.

To start samba I believe the command is:

service smb start

[vontez]

ok, i got the samba service working, but i have another question.

when i run "mount -t smbfs blah blah" as a non-root user, it says only a root user can mount. How do I run the "mount -t smbfs" while logged in as a user?

[z0mbix]

Originally posted by vontez
ok, i got the samba service working, but i have another question.

when i run "mount -t smbfs blah blah" as a non-root user, it says only a root user can mount. How do I run the "mount -t smbfs" while logged in as a user?

See this thread:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82667&highlight=smb+mount+linneighborhood

Read the post by nipperdj :)