1) Create a shared folder on window box.

2) Login to UNIX server as a root user and create an directory as below.

mkdir -p /mnt/test

3) Then start the smb services.

orarac2:/mnt/test # service smb status
Checking for Samba SMB daemon running
orarac2:/mnt/test #

4) Check the window server accessiable from Linux box.

nmblookup -A 192.168.223.34
Looking up status of 192.168.223.34
SV-L-ANUJ – B
WORKGROUP – B
SV-L-ANUJ – B
WORKGROUP – B

MAC Address = 00-21-70-BA-12-99

5) Then put the entry for hostname name in /etc/hosts , which is recognized on network. From above “SV-L-ANUJ” hostname recognized on network.

cat >> /etc/hosts
192.168.223.34 SV-L-ANUJ
Ctrl + c

6) Checking the accessiablity of server name and username of window box from Linux Box.

smbclient -L SV-L-ANUJ -U Anuj

Password: / give the password of Window Box user account

Domain=[SV-L-ANUJ] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Sharename Type Comment
——— —- ——-
E$ Disk Default share
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
F$ Disk Default share
anuj Disk
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
DATA (E) Disk
Domain=[SV-L-ANUJ] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Server Comment
——— ——-

Workgroup Master
——— ——-

7) Then mount the window drive from Linux:

orarac2:/mnt/test # mount -t smbfs -o username=Anuj,password=password //SV-L-ANUJ/anuj /mnt/test

orarac2:/mnt/test # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 9.9G 3.6G 5.8G 39% /
udev 506M 188K 506M 1% /dev
/dev/hda1 388M 30M 338M 9% /boot
/dev/hda7 4.0G 3.1G 723M 82% /home
/dev/hda8 9.9G 7.2G 2.2G 77% /opt
/dev/hda9 4.0G 2.1G 1.7G 55% /tmp
/dev/hda11 18G 17G 63M 100% /u01
/dev/hda12 18G 18G 14M 100% /u02
/dev/hda6 9.9G 8.0G 1.5G 85% /usr
//192.168.223.34/anuj
32G 30G 2.8G 92% /mnt/test