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with your username. If the -U switch is not used, the username of the current user is passed to the
Samba server.
To exit smbclient, type exit at the smb:\> prompt.

22.3.2. Mounting the Share

Sometimes it is useful to mount a Samba share to a directory so that the files in the directory can be
treated as if they are part of the local file system.
To mount a Samba share to a directory, create the directory if it does not already exist, and execute
the following command as root:
mount -t smbfs -o username=<username> //<servername>/<sharename>/mnt/point/
This command mounts <sharename> from <servername> in the local directory /mnt/point/.

22.4. Additional Resources

For configuration options not covered here, please refer to the following resources.

22.4.1. Installed Documentation

• smb.conf man page — explains how to configure the Samba configuration file
• smbd man page — describes how the Samba daemon works
• smbclient and findsmb man pages — learn more about these client tools
• /usr/share/doc/samba-<version-number>/docs/ — help files included with the samba
package

22.4.2. Useful Websites

http://www.samba.org/
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mailing lists, and a list of GUI interfaces.
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/toc.html
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