Mount Windows CIFS Share with smbclient?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to share a network windows CIFS share ( I do not manage it ) with smbclient.

Initially I tried using the default Debian Lenny mounting application in Places->Connect to Server->Custom Location and I typed

smb://DOMAIN;[e-mail]/groups

(note: there's also a password to go along with my login)

So someone recommend to use smbclient except I did try various combinations based on interpreting my initial smb command but am not able to get the right syntax.

Someone mind helping? And also - what would I need to enter into /etc/fstab to perma mount?

Here's a screenshot on someone's Ubuntu of the exact error I receive while trying to copy it from the custom location mount:

Update

Thanks to caliban, I was able to actually connect with 'smbclient'. My currently dilemma is just having a permanent mount for that, here is my attempt at editing /etc/fstab:

Below my /dev/scd0 entry for my CD ROM Drive:

//subdomain.maindomain.com/share /mnt/share smbfs username=DOMAIN/meder,password=mypass,umask=0002 0 0

I actually had created /mnt/share as root with mkdir, was I supposed to do that?

And are there any log files I can view which would report it failing to mount that?

I restarted 3 times fully and I see empty files in /mnt/share, no error messages or anything.

Solution:

I actually modified the 'smbfs' in my /etc/fstab to be 'cifs' and it started working. I guess this means I'm not using smbfs/smb. It complained when I had it to 'smbfs' in /var/log/messages and said to read man mount.cifs.

Answer 1

It should be smb://domain;username:password@servername/foldername

domain username password servername foldername

This is the proper syntax if everything works. So, if I want to connect to my fantasy share, it will be :

smb://acmedefenses.com;caliban:12345678@battleplansserver/worlddomination

Not that this share exists, of course. :)

EDIT : updated answer with a short primer on how to use smbclient to test connectivity

To use smbclient to test connectivity, you can issue this command

smbclient //servername/foldername -U domain/username

smbclient //battleplansserver/worlddomination -U acmedefenses.com/caliban

To mount a SAMBA share in fstab, try this

//*servername*/*foldername* /mnt/samba smbfs username=*domain*/*username*,password=*password* 0 0

//battleplansserver/worlddomination /mnt/worlddom smbfs username=*acmedefenses.com/caliban,password=12345678 0 0