[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

[walt]

On 10/02/2009 09:00 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> walt<w41ter@×××××.com>  writes:
>
>> On 10/02/2009 01:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK
>>> addressing?

The gnome desktop allows transparent browsing of network shares by
typing the URL "network:///" in the Location bar of nautilus, which
I'm guessing I very similar to the konqueror mechanism.

>>> Before you answer please note that:
>>> I know about ssh
>>> I know about fuse
>>> I know about mount -tcifs
>>>
>>> I'd really like to be able to use UNK addressing from the cmd line.
>>>
>>>     cd //host/share
>>
>> Well, it sounds like you know more about the subject than I do, but
>> do you know about smbmount that comes as part of samba?  Seems to me
>> like that's what you're asking for.
>
> I had forgotten about smbmount but that too is not the same as being
> able to cd around with cd //host/share...

Hm.  I'm wondering if you come from a Windows background and are new
to the world of *ix?  That's the only way I can make sense of the
paragraph above.

In order to cd to a file system (like smbfs) that file system must
first be 'mounted' on a mount-point e.g. /mnt/ or /shares/ or wherever
you choose to put it.  That mounting can be automated and transparent
to the user, as Dirk said, but it must be done somehow before you can
cd to it.

Just like partitons like /root, /var, /tmp, /usr, /home and the rest
must be mounted before they can be used by anyone, including the OS.
This is done automatically during bootup so you don't need to do it
yourself.  Same with network shares.

I hope I'm not misunderstanding and giving you an unneeded lecture :o)