Thursday, September 19, 2013

Connecting to a Samba Share (File sharing Linux vs Windows)

19.3.1. Command Line

To query the network for Samba servers, use the findsmb command. For each server found, it displays its IP address, NetBIOS name, workgroup name, operating system, and SMB server version.
To connect to a Samba share from a shell prompt, type the following command:

smbclient //<hostname>/<sharename> -U <username> 
 
root@itadmin-AcerPower-Series:/# clear

root@itadmin-AcerPower-Series:/# smbclient //192.168.2.100/shared -Uitadmin
Enter itadmin's password: 
Domain=[CHNSRV] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]
smb: \> ls
  .                                  DR        0  Thu Sep 19 11:34:36 2013
  ..                                 DR        0  Thu Sep 19 11:34:36 2013
  .DS_Store                          AH    24580  Tue Sep 17 12:22:12 2013
  admin                               D        0  Wed Aug 14 20:11:47 2013
  kumar                               D        0  Thu Sep 12 17:27:38 2013
  shiva                               D        0  Wed Sep 18 08:47:51 2013
  siva                                D        0  Wed Sep  4 18:44:45 2013
  
  51203 blocks of size 2097152. 7692 blocks available
smb: \>






(or) Suppose your Linux machine user name is same as Network windows server user name, Here no
need -U itadmin(username)

itadmin@itadmin-AcerPower-Series:/$ smbclient //192.168.2.100/shared
Enter itadmin's password: 
Domain=[CHNSRV] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]
smb: \> ls
  .                                  DR        0  Thu Sep 19 11:34:36 2013
  ..                                 DR        0  Thu Sep 19 11:34:36 2013
  .DS_Store                          AH    24580  Tue Sep 17 12:22:12 2013
  kumar                               D        0  Thu Sep 12 17:27:38 2013 
  shiva                               D        0  Wed Sep 18 08:47:51 2013
  siva                                D        0  Wed Sep  4 18:44:45 2013
  Sundar                              D        0  Wed Sep 18 17:17:51 2013
  51203 blocks of size 2097152. 7692 blocks available
smb: \> 

Replace <hostname> with the hostname or IP address of the Samba server you want to connect to, <sharename> with the name of the shared directory you want to browse, and <username> with the Samba username for the system. Enter the correct password or press Enter if no password is required for the user.
If you see the smb:\> prompt, you have successfully logged in. Once you are logged in, type help for a list of commands. If you wish to browse the contents of your home directory, replace sharename with your username. If the -U switch is not used, the username of the current user is passed to the Samba server.
To exit smbclient, type exit at the smb:\> prompt.

Copy from widows shared file to Linux machine through Linux Terminal using smbclient:

smb: \siva\> get email1.png /home/itadmin/Documents/email1.png
getting file \siva\email1.png of size 292535 as /home/itadmin/Documents/email1.png (10202.8 KiloBytes/sec) (average 7935.5 KiloBytes/sec)
smb: \siva\> 


Copy from Linux machine file to Windows shared folder through Linux Terminal using smbclient:


smb: \siva\> put /home/itadmin/Documents/siva1.png siva1.pngputting file /home/itadmin/Documents/siva1.png as \siva\siva1.png (8162.2 kb/s) (average 8527.7 kb/s)
smb: \siva\> ls
 
.                                   D        0  Thu Sep 19 15:04:06 2013
  ..                                  D        0  Thu Sep 19 15:04:06 2013
   comics                              D        0  Wed Jul 10 16:49:33 2013
  Copy of icon_helpdesk.gif           A     1657  Wed Jul  3 13:45:49 2013
  Copy of livechat.png                A    17260  Wed Jul  3 16:37:07 2013
  Elvis-Testing.avep                  A  6991460  Wed Jul 10 13:01:52 2013
  Elvis-Testing.avep-Pages.zave       A  2238570  Wed Jul 10 14:19:06 2013
  Elvis-Testing.avep-Pages.zavem      A      341  Wed Jul 10 14:19:05 2013
  email1.png                          A   292535  Mon Jul  1 12:21:58 2013
  email2.png                          A     8622  Mon Jul  1 12:30:19 2013
  email35.png                         A     7618  Mon Jul  1 12:30:35 2013
  event.png                           A     1809  Wed Sep  4 18:44:07 2013
  forum.png                           A     1668  Sat Jun 29 15:11:03 2013
  icon_helpdesk.gif                   A     1657  Wed Jul  3 13:45:49 2013
  icon_helpdesk.png                   A     4505  Wed Jul  3 13:51:57 2013
  icon_helpdesk40.png                 A     4667  Wed Jul  3 13:52:16 2013
  KalleAnka&Co 1.0.2.ipa              A 32092113  Wed Jul 10 16:23:07 2013
  live100.png                         A     7373  Thu Jul  4 13:07:07 2013
  live150.png                         A     9953  Thu Jul  4 13:06:55 2013
  live80.png                          A     6503  Thu Jul  4 13:07:17 2013
  livechat.png                        A    17260  Wed Jul  3 16:37:07 2013
  logo.gif                            A     1843  Fri Aug 16 11:26:57 2013
  logo.png                            A     7289  Thu Aug  8 18:37:02 2013
  logos.gif                           A     1780  Fri Aug 16 11:33:40 2013
  magik_pinstyle_3                    D        0  Wed Jul 24 18:48:37 2013
  nforum.png                          A     5048  Sat Jun 29 15:44:46 2013
  photo                               D        0  Mon Aug 19 13:51:38 2013
  ricon.png                           A     1959  Sat Jun 29 15:32:37 2013
  scpsmb                              D        0  Wed Sep  4 18:45:39 2013
  sforum.png                          A     1668  Sat Jun 29 15:11:08 2013
  siva2.png                           A   292535  Thu Sep 19 15:03:04 2013
  siva1.png                           A   292535  Thu Sep 19 15:04:06 2013
  slide                               D        0  Wed Jul 31 16:07:19 2013
  sundarnew.png                       A     6925  Fri Aug  9 11:05:45 2013
  Thumbs.db                         AHS    82432  Mon Aug 19 13:51:40 2013
  webim                               D        0  Fri Aug  2 11:47:46 2013

        51203 blocks of size 2097152. 7692 blocks available

 



19.3.2. Mounting the Share

Sometimes it is useful to mount a Samba share to a directory so that the files in the directory can be treated as if they are part of the local file system.
To mount a Samba share to a directory, create create a directory to mount it to (if it does not already exist), and execute the following command as root:
 
 
mount -t cifs -o <username>,<password> //<servername>/<sharename> /mnt/point/


This command mounts <sharename> from <servername> in the local directory /mnt/point/. For more information about mounting a samba share, refer to man mount.cifs.

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