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Step 2 – Configure Services. Windows or Samba Share available on the network. Mounting a Windows Share to the Linux File System By: mlfarrell | 67,781 views Share with friends and colleagues on social media. Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED), Server (SLES), or openSUSE products. Part 3 – Share Directory. I mount Windows shares on my SuSE linux box so infrequently, I have to dig through past notes to remind myself what the syntax is. This article will show you how to network openSUSE 11.2 with Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Now mount the Windows share on your file system by means of the following command (replace the computer and folder name with those of your system): mount -t smbfs //winmachine/testshare /windows/winshare This command mounts the share testshare of the Windows computer winmachine.

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Many of us are familiar with the traditional way to access Windows network shares on a Linux desktop via KDE’s “smb://” URL handler. This post is mainly for my own benefit. Identity tab: Enter your Workgroup name (the actual workgroup name from your Windows machine) and the name of your computer. Your SUSE Linux machine is now set up to share the internet connection with the internal network.

Any Windows 7 machines should NOT be using the HomeGroup option but instead use the advanced sharing option. It is assumed that you are using the openSUSE default desktop, KDE4 (you'll need Samba client/server installed).

In order to get your other machines on the network to use this connection you will need to set their Default Gateway to the internal IP address of your SUSE box which is doing the connection sharing. On the SLED system, the share can be accessed by browsing or via the mount command, but there is a need to have permanent access to this share every time the SLED … Go to YaST > System > System Services (Runlevel) Highlight nmb and click the Enable button. Repeat for smb.

The data can be now accessed in the directory /windows/winshare. A Windows (or Samba) share has been made available on the network.