how to access samba share from python

[glok_twen]

hi. i am writing a simple python script where i'd like to reference i file out on a samba share.

in my konqueror its directory shows up as:
smb://hs-d123as/share

but when i use that in a python statement:
f=open('smb://hs-d123as/share/workfile', 'w')

it says it can't find the file.

does anyone know how to reference this?

btw it's on a terstation.

[moephan]

Hmmm. The "smb://" makes me think it's a url, which makes me think that urllib might dot he trick for you.

Here's the reference:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib.html

Here's a sample:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib.html

HTH

Cheers, Rick

[ghostdog74]

if you want to do it in Python, try to look for some Python equivalent module. You can try this.

From the shell, the smbclient command can do what you want. Check the man page for its basic syntax. something like :

# smbclient //host/share -Uusername -Ppassword -W domain .......

Lastly, you can just provide a call to smbclient command through Python's subprocess module or popen()....however, i would recommend this to be the last resort.

[glok_twen]

thanks to you both, i used the mount command as indicated; now looking into how to make that permanent. i think it's somehow in fstab so will work on that next. thanks again.