Mapping Drives And Mounting Volumes; Mapping Drives From A Windows Client; Mapping Files From A Windows Vista Client - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

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Using a NETBIOS Name to Access Files
1 Run this command from the command prompt:
smb://<SERVER_NAME>/<VOLUME_NAME> -U<user_name> -p 139
2 Enter the password when prompted.
Using nautilus to Access Files
1 Run this command from the command prompt:
smb://<SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>/<
2 Enter the username and password when prompted.

9.3 Mapping Drives and Mounting Volumes

You can map drives for accessing the CIFS share names from a Windows or Windows Vista client
and mount the volumes from a linux client.
Section 9.3.1, "Mapping Drives from a Windows Client," on page 65
Section 9.3.2, "Mapping Files from a Windows Vista Client," on page 65
Section 9.3.3, "Mounting Volumes from a Linux Client," on page 66

9.3.1 Mapping Drives from a Windows Client

From a Windows 2000 or XP client computer, you can map drives and create shortcuts that are
retained after rebooting.
1 Right click on the My Computer icon.
2 Click Map Network Drive.
There are several ways to access Map Network Drive. For example, you can use the Tools
menu in Windows Explorer or you can right-click Network Neighborhood.
3 Browse to or specify the following path:
\\server_running_Novell_CIFS\sharepoint | volume | directory\
4 Select the server running CIFS.
Although it is the same computer, the CIFS server name is not the same as the OES 2 Linux
server name. For more information, contact your network administrator.
5 Specify the user name and password to login.
6 Click OK to proceed.

9.3.2 Mapping Files from a Windows Vista Client

1 From the Windows explorer, either right click on the Computer icon, from the left-pane or go to
the Tools menu.
2 Select Map Network Drive.
3 Specify a Drive to map.
VOLUME_NAME>
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