| "smbmount mount -t smbfs //imageserver/images$ /mnt/ir -o | username=larryp,password=xxxxxxxx" (where xxxxxxxx was the password for | larryp on the Windows server) You haven't quite got your command right there. :) First issue is that smbmount isn't intended to be used directly, but if you forget the options for smbfs you can run smbmount and it will give you a list of all the options. The command should look like: mount -t smbfs -o username=larryp,rw //server/share\$ /mnt/mountpoint Make sure you enter your $ prefixed with a \ or your shell (usually bash) will try to replace the $ with an enviorment variable. I think you have to escape the $ in fstab as well. It's a good idea not to put your password on the command line. If a password is required, you will be prompted. If you put your password on the command line, it will show up in ps aux and elsewhere. If you are just looking to transfer files to or from a windows server, you can also use smbclient. For example, I have a cron job that created a tar file every night then transfers the tarball to a windows server where it can be backed up by BackupExec. The smbclient part of the script looks something like: smbclient //server/share -A /root/.smbauth -N -c "prompt;lcd / project/tarball/;mput *.bz2;exit" smbclient is similar to a ftp client. -A is a file with the username/password for the windows server in it. The format is quite simple: /root/.smbauth: username = user password = password domain = domain -N surpresses authintication...I don't think you need it when you use -A, but I put it in for good measure. -c should be followed by a list of semi-color seperated smbclient commands to run. So smbclient connects to the windows server, then changes local directory to /project/tarballs, then copies all .bz2 files to the server, then smbclients exits. If you don't know smbclient commands, just drop the -c and play around with smbclient. If you've ever used a command line ftp client, it's easy enough to figure out. I don't know what type of application you're writing, but if you wanted to access smb shares from a program you're writing I'd look into the GNOME and/or KDE VFS stuff. Those are the only smb client libs that are jumping into my memory...every other gui client I can think of is just a front end for smbclient. Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list