Network Administration: Samba Client

Samba includes a program called smbclient that lets you access Windows file servers from a Linux computer. The smbclient program works much like an FTP client, so if you’ve used FTP before, you’ll have no trouble understanding how it works.

Smbclient is a command line tool, so you need to log on to a virtual console or open a terminal window. Then, enter the smbclient command, followed by the server and share name, like this:

smbclient //server01/share01

When the client successfully accesses the share, you are greeted by the friendly SMB prompt:

smb:\>

Then, you can enter smbclient commands to access the data in the shared directory. The following table summarizes the more common commands that are available at the smb:\> prompt.

Commonly Used smbclient Commands

Command	Description
cd directory	Changes to the specified directory on the remote system.
del filename	Deletes the specified file or files on the remote system.
dir	Lists files in the current directory on the remote system.
exit	Terminates the session.
get remote-file local-file	Copies the specified remote file to the specified local file.
lcd directory	Changes the local current directory to the specified directory.
md directory	Creates a directory on the remote system.
mget wildcard-mask	Copies all files that match the wildcard mask from the remote system to the local system.
mput wildcard-mask	Copies all files that match the wildcard mask from the local system to the remote system.
put local-file remote-file	Copies the specified file from the local system to the remote system.
rd directory	Deletes the specified directory on the remote system.

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