Accessing Windows share without mount?

[Scott Ehrlich]

Oops - minor syntax correction:

For command-line mounting - mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/share_point 
-o user=my_domain_creds,domain=name_of_domain

Scott

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Kristian Hermansen wrote:
>
>> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>>> without having to mount the share?  Mounting is the equivalent of Windows' 
>>> Mapping a Network Drive, yet is there a faster way to access a resource 
>>> through a UNC-style convention or something else without having to 
>>> outright mount?   The resources in question happen to be on a Windows 
>>> Domain controller, but could just as easily apply to workstation with a 
>>> shared folder.
>> 
>> In nautilus (CTRL+L):
>> smb://user@server/share
>> -- 
>> Kristian Hermansen
>> 
>
> A couple more items to point out:
>
> - smb connections through Fedora/Centos no longer work for mount method - 
> CIFS is the method that works (i.e. mount -t cifs will work, but mount -t 
> smbfs fails - same servers)
>
> - trying to find the winning syntax to permit connecting to the server on a 
> domain - mount -t cifs //server/share -o 
> username=my_domain_username,domain=windows_domain
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
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