How to share Windows to Linux (mount Windows share)

1) Create the Windows share on the Windows box.
2) Log into linux as root. Then type “smbclient -L
You’ll get some output like this:
# smbclient -L 10.16.8.210
added interface ip=10.16.80.1 bcast=10.16.95.255 nmask=255.255.240.0
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[OFFICE] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment
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IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
shareddocs Disk
tmp Disk Temporary file space 3) With this, you’ll have the share names.
4) To mount, you can run:
mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody,password=”” //10.16.8.210/tmp /mnt
5) ls -l /mnt
You should see the files there.]]>

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