Well, in this case, you should try "apt-get install smbfs", not "apt-get smbfs". Unfortunately I have no experience with Debian and Samba.
Jaan
--- In ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com, "burnsmicro" <m("...","burnsmicro");">> wrote:
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> After installing samba, I was able to make TS7553/Debian files visible on a host Windows PC on the LAN. Now, I would like to do the opposite. That is, make a remote Windows file accessible on a TS7553.
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> Why do I want to do this? So I can compile programs on a Windows host PC and run them on the TS7553.
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> Apparently this requires smbfs:
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> # mount -t smbfs -o username=myname,password=mypw //winpc_name/shared_dir_name /mnt/shared_dir_name
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> The problem is smbfs must be installed. Regrettably, apt-get does not do it:
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> # apt-get smbfs
> E: Invalid operation smbfs
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> So, here I am, looking for help.
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> Does any of this make sense?
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> Thanks,
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> Bob Furber
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