Recipe 23.20. Connecting Linux Clients to a Samba Domain with Command-Line Tools
23.20.1 Problem
You need to connect to a Samba
domain—how do you send Samba your login and password with
smbtree, smbclient, and
smbmount?
23.20.2 Solution
You can send the username and password of any Samba user with these
commands. So you can view your homes share with
smbtree, for example, even though it is not
browseable, and then connect with smbclient:
$ smbtree -U andrew
added interface ip=192.168.1.5 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.5 ( 192.168.1.5 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.5 ( 192.168.1.5 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.5 ( 192.168.1.5 )
HOLSTEIN
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.5 ( 192.168.1.5 )
\\WINDBAG Samba PDC
\\WINDBAG\andrew User's Home Directories
\\WINDBAG\ADMIN$ IPC Service (Samba PDC)
\\WINDBAG\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba PDC)
$ smbclient //windbag/andrew -U andrew
Password:
Domain=[HOLSTEIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.5-Debian]
smb: \>
Or, instead of using smbclient, you can mount
the share with smbmount:
$ smbmount //windbag/andrew samba -o andrew
added interface ip=192.168.1.5 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
To unmount it when you're finished, use:
$ smbumount samba
23.20.3 Discussion
You may also put your password on the command line, after your
username, but that exposes it to any snoopy eyeballs:
$ smbmount //windbag/andrew samba -o andrew bigsecret
23.20.4 See Also
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