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5.4. Mounting an SMBFS Windows Networking Filesystem

smbfs is the protocol used by Windows systems to share files with each other. If you have files on a Windows system that you want to be able to access on your Linux system, you must first share the directory and assign it a share name using the Windows user interface.

Once that is done, follow these steps to mount the share on your UNIX system:

1.	On the main page of the Disk and Network Filesystems module, select Windows Networking Filesystem from the drop-down box of filesystem types and click the Add mount button. A form will appear, as shown in Figure 5.3. Figure 5.3. Mounting a windows networking filesystem.
2.	In the Mounted As field, enter the directory on which you want the filesystem ...