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On 07/02/11 21:39, Henry Bremridge wrote: > Can anyone point me to an easy to understand website that I can write a > simple command to connect to a Windows 2003 server to share files > > I believe that I need smbfs and if so then the command should be > > # mount -t smbfs -o username=me,password=mine //IP_Address local_mount_point > > If wrong could I be pointed in the right direction as when I enter the > above command I get > > mount error(110): Connection timed out I use cifs not smbfs which has options "user" and "password" /etc/fstab has: //servername/exported/path /mount/point cifs file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,uid=1001,domain=DOMAIN,user=username,password=secrethere I'd expect many modern distros to let you simply browse to the server if it is just a Workgroup or similar (i.e. Gnome > Places > Network ). Simple - Microsoft would have to document it first ;) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq