An attempt to use rsync from Ubuntu to Windows…

This mount command was used:sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mymount sudo mount //myserver/c$ /mnt/mymount -t smbfs -o username=myuserThis move comes from “Samba: Better at Windows than Windows?” (preferred) and “How to mount remote windows partition (windows share) under Linux.” It failed due to details mentioned in “Trying to Mount Samba Share, Going Nuts.” This command was the fix:sudo apt-get install smbfsThe rsync archive (-a) option had to be removed for group, permissions and time operations are not permitted between Linux and Windows shares. A rewritten rsync script obtained seemed successful except for “rsync error 23.” Repeatedly running the script ‘feels’ like rsync runs with the --dry-run option…

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AG, 2008-07-13 00:28:50

You'll need to have all of the samba tools installed to mount a windows directory. As root do 'smbclient -L mywinbox -U mywinuser \path-to-files' (less the '') to view the desired partition.

Next create your mount point

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mywindir/

Next mount your window director

sudo smbmount //mywinbox/c\$ /mnt/mywindir/c -o username=mywinuser

note backslash escapes the $char from shell

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