Hi Tom,
What's the best way for me to access (read-only) files off my NT server? Mostly I need to view reports prepared by W2k users and I don't need to modify them. Only view them. Right now, I'm thinking of mounting the shared folder on the server, and linking to the folder where the files are located. I would like to create a link on my desktop so that when I click it, the folder mounts and the file opens. Ideas?
First of all I am a relative newbie so there may well be better ways of doing this however it is a question I fought for ages to get the answer to. The way I do it is to create a mountpoint (lxmountpoint), usually /mnt/lxmountpoint, and place a shortcut to it on my desktop. Then I use the mount command: mount -t smbfs -o workgroup=<workgroup or domain name>,username =<username>,password=<password> //<W2K/NT Server>/<sharename> /lxmountpoint In practice I place all these mount commands in a file which I call S21Connect (in /root/etc/init.d (putting a shortcut in /root/etc/init.d/rc5.d), preceded (in the file) by the line "#! /bin/sh" and making it executable using "chmod +x S21Connect". I realize there's probably stuff there that you already know but I wasn't sure ... hope it helps :-) James ****************** James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com