Mount samba filesystem into RHEL 5.5

Question

How can I mount windows share file system into RHEL?

I'm not a sysadmin, but I got this task assigned :(

I've tried this solution

mount -t smbfs -o username=samba,password=samba //Desktop/Public /mnt/public

But the output is:

mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

How can I mount a windows share into RHEL 5?

FWIW I've successfully created a link with the menu: Places>Connect to Server>Service Type:Windows Share

Which creates a link in the desktop, but I would need to programatically save files in that machine, hence I need it mounted as filesystem.

Thanks in advance

Scott Pack · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-21 18:27:23Z

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The samba client programs, including smbmount are not installed by default, so you will need to install them first.

yum install samba-client

answered Dec 21, 2010 at 18:27

Scott Pack

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+1 oops, I just noticed this trial version is not registered with RHN :P This is a test environment :( Is there a way to connect without those tools? For instance the way Places>Connect toServer>ServiceType:Windows Share does?
– OscarRyz
Dec 21, 2010 at 18:33
Not in any meaningful way. Connecting to the share through the Gnome interface uses the gvfs, which is a different subsystem with its own libraries.
– Scott Pack
Dec 21, 2010 at 19:16

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