Matt Mossholder on 4 Oct 2007 15:25:58 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] where is the mount point?


On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 11:05 -0400, Eric wrote:
> I'm not sure about Gnome but in Konqueror you can access a Windows/Samba share
> using the URL: SMB://workgroup/what_ever
> which AFAIK does not "mount" the share but simply accesses it directly from the
> Konqueror browser (via Samba client s/w)?
> 
> If you want to access the shares with a terminal (for example) then I believe
> you would have to set up a script using 'mount' and specify your own mount
> points to be able to use these the shares.  This is what I did.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Eric
> 

Eric,
	You're right... same deal in Gnome... the share is available via the
GUI, but not mounted in the traditional sense.

		--Matt

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