shared folder (Doooh Head)

[Andy Leeman]

> Hi All,
>
> I have managed to setup a Ubuntu Server version 8.10 (with Desktop installed so that I have a GUI).
>
> I have started to copy my media files to it but have run into a bit of a problem.  I have been able to share the folders that I want to share on the server, but how Do I connect to them from a client machine so that applications like K3B can see them?
>
> I can goto my network, locate the machine, see the shared directories in Nautilus, double-click on say a movie file and my local Movie player will open and start playing.  Great, but now I also want to open files, say in K3B so that I can burn them to a CD using its internal file dialog to locate files.  How do I create a "permanent" link to this shared folder on my server so that it is accessible via a local programs' file dialog?
>
>
> John

You can enter the following commend at the terminal;

sudo mount //192.168.1.100/server /media/folder -o
username=*****,password=*****,dmask=777,fmask=777

The //192.168.1.101/server part is the network address of your server
with the IP and the name of the folder you have shared.

The  /media/folder is the name of the folder where you want to mount
the server on your computer. That is usually in /media. You need to
create the directory first, so if you want to call is "movies" you
would create the movies dir ectory in the media directory, then use
/media/movies for the /media/folder part above.

Username and password are the username and pass to log in to your
server and the rest mounts it so it is read/write. If you don't want
read/write rights, then you can change the 777 part to something else.
If the files on the server are owned by someone other than the user,
then you cannot delete them, even if they are mounted 777.

What I do is, once I have it mounted like I want it, I then add the
commend to the fstab file using the smbmunt program so it mounts at
boot up. But I would try this first to get it fine tuned.

-- 
Andy Leeman
Londonderry NS