How to access shared folder on Windows from Ubuntu machine

[Pavel_47]

Hello,
How to access the conetnt of a shared folder on Windows from Ubuntu machine ?
Transfer isn't need, only read acces and probably file rename.
Thanks.

[Gribouillis]

I haven't done this for a long time but it seems to me that you install samba and there is a command to mount the folder.

Looking in some very old notes, I have a command line to mount the shared C folder from host 192.168.2.4

Output:
sudo mount -t cifs 192.168.2.4:C -o password="" /mnt/foobar

You need to create the folder /mnt/foobar first.

[Pavel_47]

Yes, I installed it.
What then ?
I've tried to mount shared folder using IP address of windows machine, but it failed.

[Gribouillis]

see my edit above. You can have the ip address of host foobar by entering

Output:
nmblookup foobar

or perhaps from python

>>> import socket
>>> socket.gethostbyaddr('foobar')

Also make sure package cifs-utils is installed and you can read

Output:
man mount.cifs

[Pavel_47]

I haven't done this for a long time but it seems to me that you install samba and there is a command to mount the folder.

Looking in some very old notes, I have a command line to mount the shared C folder from host 192.168.2.4

Output:
sudo mount -t cifs 192.168.2.4:C -o password="" /mnt/foobar

You need to create the folder /mnt/foobar first.

Here is output when I execute the instruction above:

mount.cifs: bad UNC (192.168.0.1:C)

where 192.168.0.1 - is wired IP of Windows machine

[Gribouillis]

What is the path of the shared folder on the windows host?

also you may need username="ham",password="eggs" after the -o

[Pavel_47]

\\SARATOGA\pdf2

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Tried with password and username. The same.
Probably I should also specify the path to shared folder, i.e. \\SARATOGA\pdf2 ?

[Gribouillis]

Then try 192.168.0.1:SARATOGA/pdf2 or something similar. There must be a correct syntax to name the volume.

It is essential that you specify the path of the shared folder. In my example the shared folder was the whole C drive, hence the C.

[Pavel_47]

Tried as you suggested with two version of slash, i.e. '\' and '/'.
The same.

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I checked Windows machine from Ubuntu with ping and it's Ok.

[Gribouillis]

Isn't SARATOGA a subfolder of a windows volume such as C: or E: ? You probably need to include the name of the volume in the path.