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<span id="smb-desktop"></span><h1>Samba* as a client<a class="headerlink" href="#samba-as-a-client" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>This tutorial explains how to access an existing shared drive on
Windows* via Server Message Block (SMB) / Common Internet File System (CIFS)
from the Clear Linux OS GNOME* desktop. A CIFS filesystem is generally used to access
shared storage locations, or share files.</p>
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<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>smb://servername/Share
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<li><p>Optional: If there are issues with DNS, you can use an IP address in
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<li><p>Optional: On the Windows machine, in a CLI, retrieve the IP address by
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<li><p>Log in with the same Windows system credentials for which you granted
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<li><p>Select the appropriate checkbox to save your credentials. Consider
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