Linux-specific technical problems

[Bob Warren]

Mark Wieder wrote:

Bob-
Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 8:48:42 AM, you wrote:

>  In fact, it is not necessary to expose your password when accessing a
> > network drive in Linux. I cut this out of Mark's suggested command line.
> > On my network/machines, the following worked perfectly:
>   
> > put "smbclient \\\\john\\c -Wmshome -cdir" into procToDo
> > put shell(procToDo) into field "test"
>   

That will only work if the username of the loggedin user (environment
variable $USER) matches a valid username on the windows computer (and
workgroup if there's a server on the network). And smbclient should
ask you for a password if you don't supply one on the command line,
even if none is required.

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Perhaps it should, but through Rev it didn't. More practical!
Thanks very much indeed for the qualification, Mark.
Bob