Editing Accessing DFS (section)

== Through the terminal ==
We will be using the "smbclient" utility to download from the DFS server. This is a command line utility.

Open a terminal and type the following (substitute ROSE-USERNAME with your username):

<code>smbclient //rose-hulman.edu/DFS -U ROSE-USERNAME@rose-hulman.edu</code>

then press ENTER.

Note the '''forward slashes''' instead of the backslashes. If you want to use backslashes in the terminal, note that a single backslash (\) is an escape character. So, to type one backslash (which you can also do), type \\. To type two backslashes, type \\\\.

Then type in your password and press ENTER.

Wait up to 2 minutes for the <code>smb: \></code> prompt to appear. If it doesn't show up within 2 minutes, try logging out and logging back in again. It may take a few tries (probably because the SMB share doesn't do a good job of responding to connections).

Otherwise, try one of the fixes listed here: [[#smb:_.5C.3E_prompt_still_not_showing_up]].

Once you're connected, you can type help and get a list of commands to use.

For example, you can use "cd" to move around the virtual file system, "ls" to see what files are available in the current directory, "pwd" to see which directory you're in, and "get" to download a file from the Samba server.

Source: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide#Samba_Client_-_Manual_Configuration Ubuntu Samba Client Guide]