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Re: Windows Share Folder Problem


Hello there!

I use this and works for me:

net use Z: \\\\vm-webin\\d$ my_password /user:myself

Then you can access the shared folder simply by

cd /cygdrive/z

Hope this is helpful. Good luck!

2009/5/11, Neeraj Sahu <neerajsahu2003@gmail.com>:
> Hi Andy,
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> I have successfully accessed the sharable PC using command "cd
> //server_ip_address"
> But to access the shared folder it is saying permission denied.
> Actually, that shared folder  folder have user id and password.
>
> How Can I give user id and password using cd command to access that
> window sharable folder ?
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Neeraj Sahu
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am going to present the seminar on Cygwin in my organization.In that
>>> seminar I want to show you can access windows shared folder of any PC
>>> from Cygwin. To demonstrate that I have tried to mount that windows
>>> shared folder in cygwin but it didn't work. When I have searched in
>>> google for it. I came to know that i need to install "samba" on
>>> cygwin.
>>
>> No need to mount anything or install samba: windows shares can be
>> accessed using the familiar Windows syntax, only with Unix slashes
>> rather than DOS backslashes:
>>
>> //server/share/path_to_file
>>
>> Actually you can use backslashes too, but then the filename needs to be
>> quoted:
>>
>> "\\server\share\path_to_file"
>>
>> Good luck with the seminar!
>>
>> Andy
>>
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