Accessing Windows fileshares using Samba

The following details how to access available Windows fileshares on a remote server using the samba client. It presumes the IP of the remote host is known.

Get list of NetBIOS names from the remote host:

linmiri% nmblookup -A IP.ADD.RE.SS

Get list of resources available on the remote host:

linmiri% smbclient -L\\NETBIOS_NAME -I IP.ADD.RE.SS -N

Access a resource on the remote host:

linmiri% smbclient //NETBIOS_NAME/RESOURCE -I IP.ADD.RE.SS -N

Copy a file:

smb> get (filename)

Interesting places to look:

c/recycled
c/my documents
c/windows/temporary internet files/content.ie5/*/*

Mount a share:

linmiri# smbmount //NETBIOS_NAME/RESOURCE /mnt/tmp -o ip=IP.ADD.RE.SS

Unmount a share:

linmiri# umount /mnt/tmp