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Samba / SMB Syntax
By Ross Madden
Published on May 4, 2011 1:05 pm MT Updated on July 19, 2021 9:41 am MT Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base
Here’s a cheat sheet for Samba syntax – used to mount SMB/Linux/Windows shares on Windows, OSX, and Linux systems:
Basic form:
smb://[[[authdomain;]user@]host[:port][/share[/dirpath][/name]]][?context]
UNC FORM URL FORM
\\host\share smb://host/share
\\host\share\dirpath smb://host/share/dirpath
\\host\share\dirpath\filename smb://host/share/dirpath/filename
Examples:
smb://host/share/
smb://host/share/dirpath
smb://host/share/name
smb://host/share/dirpath/name
smb://WORKGROUP@host/share
smb://WORKGROUP;User@host/share
Usually the name of the share must be specified.
Shared disks are specified with a trailing $, e.g. for C the share is C$
Substitute %20 for any spaces in the share names.
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