[ILUG] CIFS mounting - can a remote directory be specified?

[Robert Sweetnam]

fuzzix wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to mount a Windows share, which I am able to browse
> successfully with smbclient, with mount.cifs. I run smbclient as follows:
> 
> $ smbclient //host/share$ -U user -D dir -W DOMAIN
> 
> -D being the remote directory changed to before the smbclient shell
> appears - this works fine.
> 
> I'm running mount.cifs as follows:
> 
> # mount.cifs //host/share$ local/ -o user=user,domain=DOMAIN
> 
> But I get the error "mount error 20 = Not a directory"
> 
> When I specify the remote directory in the share's path...:
> 
> # mount.cifs //host/share$/dir local/ -o user=user,domain=DOMAIN
> 
> ...I get "mount error 6 = No such device or address" - it's no longer a
> recognised share.
> 
> Is there a way to specify the remote directory in the mount.cifs
> parameters in the same manner as with smbclient?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> f.
Hi,

Usually when I mount CIFS or SMB shares I use the following (provided 
the correct workgroup or domain is specified in smb.conf)

mount -t smbfs -o username=user //server/share /mountpoint

Then it should prompt you for the password of the domain user specified.

Hope this helps.
Robert