October 10, 2008

Mounting a Samba (SMB) Share in CentOS

Need to mount a samba share on your CentOS server from the command line?

Create a directory on the root:

mkdir /sharename

Then mount the share:

mount -t cifs //<servername>/<sharename> /sharename

if you type df -h you should see that your share is now mounted on the mountpoint that you created earlier.

October 3, 2008

Connecting to the Remote Windows Console with Mac’s RDP Client

Ever needed to connect to the remote console of the machine rather than running through a terminal services session so that you could install certain software, or reset stuck terminal services sessions from a remote location? All you have to do is type /console behind the host in the window.

Remote Desktop Connecting to Console