Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Accessing Windows Shares

[Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the mount suggestions.  I was successful using this method.

I also went back to smbclient, and managed to get that working as well.  I 
thought it wasn't working because the server name had a space,but it turned 
out that I wasn't using enough "\" characters.  The commands that worked were:

smbclient -L "server name"
# Gives a listing of available services
# If you hit the machine that is hosting the master browse record, that 
will be printed too

smbclient \\\\"server name"\\"service"
# Connects to the server and prompts for a password.
# If the server is not password protected, you can hit <enter> for access.


By the way, I want to point out that this could open a security hole in a 
network with a Cobalt device since it could provide access to Windows 
shares that would otherwise be behind a firewall or other protection.  You 
do not need to be root to access SMB shares through smbclient.  This is 
more evidence to point out that you should always password protect Windows 
shares (and to disable such shares if they are not really needed on the 
network).