The output of this command should look something like this:ĭomain= OS= Server= Get it the password for the 'guest' account or for your personal account on that machine. Unless the SMB server has no security configured, it will ask you for a password.

this will return a list of 'service' names - that is, names of drives or printers that it can share with you. Where 'host' is the name of the machine that you wish to view. To see which shares are available on a given host, run: Most Linux distributions also now include the useful smbfs package, which allows one to mount and umount SMB shares. You can use this utility to transfer files between a Windows 'server' and a Linux client. It provides an ftp-like interface on the command line. Note that this can be done whether the server is a Windows machine or a Samba server!Īn SMB client program for UNIX machines is included with the Samba distribution. Linux (UNIX) machines can also browse and mount SMB shares. Accessing an SMB Share With Linux Machines SMB HOWTO: Accessing an SMB Share With Linux Machines Next Previous ContentsĨ.

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