[wellylug] Accessing OpenOffice files across a Samba network

Cliff Pratt enkidu at cliffp.com
Fri Aug 17 19:50:03 NZST 2007


Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 11:07 +1200, Donovan Jones wrote:
>> try 'sudo aptitude install smbfs' and then try mount it again
>>
>> Donovan
> Thanks for that suggestion Donovan.  Installed smbfs and rerun the mount
> command and it now works perfectly.  
> 
> My next question is, do I need to place this laptop mountpoint anywhere
> else to ensure the filesystem link will automatically establish itself
> anytime I switch my machine off?
> 
> My linux knowledge has been expanded and my system is now more usable.
> Many thanks
> 
It's a steep learning curve. You'd need to put it into the file 
/etc/fstab. (With care!!). I'm not sure of the syntax though.

Cheers,

Cliff




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