Accessing Windows Shared Folder in SSH

Summary:

Can I copy files from Windows shared folders to MBWE using command line in SSH?

Accessing Windows Shared Folder in SSH

wxppro 19 Mar 2009 01:41

I just bought a 1.5TB MBWE II. Enabled RAID 1. Enabled SSH. As folks all have known, suddenly I had a little linux machine to play with. It is quite some fun, brought back some old memory of UNIX.

I need to copy data onto this box. I was wondering if it is possible to copy files from Windows shared folders using command line in SSH? If possible, what command should I use?

And I also have a WDC Netcenter that has a lot of stuff that I need to transfer. I think it is also a linux machine with SAMBA (I am not sure, though). Can I do a command line copy to get those files onto this box?

Thanks much.

Re: Accessing Windows Shared Folder in SSH

ishbellnas 19 Mar 2009 22:30

if you have ssh access to your NAS, you can use sftp to transfer files from windows to NAS
FileZilla is a good choice as a ssh client.

good luck

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Re: Accessing Windows Shared Folder in SSH

wxppro 22 Mar 2009 03:35

Thanks, ishbellnas.

I also did some research and found out the following:

1. It is possible to mount the Windows shared folder on My Book. Use this command:

mount -t cifs //ntserver/download -o username=vivek,password=myPassword /mnt/ntserver

Of course need to create the ntserver folder on My Book first.

2. Use smbclient. Then I can get files from the shared folder. But it does not support folder operation, only copy single or multiple files in the same folder.

Re: Accessing Windows Shared Folder in SSH

ishbellnas 22 Mar 2009 23:42

Good to know.
Once you got windows share mounted, you can use rsync to copy from windows folder to NAS. It is very handy, eg

rsync -avl /mnt/ntserver/ /NASfolder/

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