mshepp Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I have a laptop which currently runs the latest version of Ubuntu (downloaded, burnt image and installed 2 days ago) and i am trying to access my files on my vista 64 bit desktop. I have downloaded SMB4k which allows me to login to my machine and shows the folders but when i try and double click them to view the contents i get the error: mount error 2 = No such file or directoryRefer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) I was wondering how i can work around this to gain control of my documents etc on my vista machine. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted August 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 12, 2008 Well, I am not an expert in this, but I set up a shared folder on my wife's laptop (creatively called "Shared"). I don't have a user account on her PC, so I will need to authenticate with her username and password. So, I open up my konqueror file explorer (you might use nautilus, and navigated to her PC by IP address: smb://192.168.1.106 It prompted me for username and password, so I used her name and password. I was then presented her list of fileshares as 'folders' in konqueror, C$, D$ and Shared. I double-clicked "Shared" and was able to create a folder in there from my Linux browser. I created a text file, then opened up an editor and typed and saved. Let's see if that type of method works for you, and then we can proceed from there to make things work the way you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshepp Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Thanks for the info, worked perfectly and got access now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted August 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2008 Cool. If this is a connection that you always want, then you might consider adding in an fstab entry. There are options for handling conditions where the drive (in this case a network share) may not always be present, so it just doesn't mount, rather than holds and fails. I believe you can also pass credentials, but it may be easier to create an account on the Vista PC that matches your Linux one. Glad you got the access you were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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