Re: [SLUG] How can I mount an NTFS share?

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@intergate.cx)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 17:01:10 EDT


smbmount //ntserver/share /mountpoint -o
username=username,workgroup=domainname

On Tuesday 18 September 2001 03:11 pm, you wrote:
> I have a mixture of NT and Linux machines. I store most of the important
> data for all of my machines using Samba on one of the Linux machines
> because it has the tape drive and cd-r for backups. Unfortunately, I have
> filled up that server's drive space.
>
> Now I need to restore a rather large file from tape and I don't have space
> on the linux server. However, I do have a bunch of space on the NT boxes.
>
> QUESTION: Is is possible to mount an NTFS file share from and NT machine on
> a Linux server so that I can do the restore? I know I can use the Samba
> client to access the space, but that wouldn't work with the restore. Any
> suggestions (other than the obvious - get a bigger drive) would be
> appreciated! Thanks!
>
> Glenn.



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