mount windows XP share at linux

[jdow]

From: "Glenn Johnson" <johnson.glenn at comcast.net>
> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
>> El Jueves, 5 de Octubre de 2006 09:22, Yuandan Zhang escribió:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I want mount winxp shared D drive on FC5. i tried
>>>
>>> mount -t smbfs //192.168.0.111 /mnt/winxp -o
>>> user=myuser,domain=mydomain,password=mypasswd
>>>
>>> but it says, mount does not know smbfs
>>>
>>> i try to find smbmount command but can't locate it
>>>
>>> i can use gnome  desktop "Places" => "connect to server" to connect it.
>>>
>>> any advices, thanks
>>>
>>
>> You could try it using:
>> /sbin/mount.cifs
>>
>>
> Here's what works for me. This is a line in my /etc/fstab.
> //oldendorff/d /media/sharephoto cifs username=egon,password="",uid=500,gid=500 0 0
> Make sure NETFS is running in services and that 192.168.0.4 oldendorff is in /etc/hosts 
> file.
> Oldendorff is the name of the Windows box. Oldendorff's ip is 192.168.0.4, and it's a 
> static ip.
> Works every time.

I betcha having samba installed also helps.
{^_-}