Accessing shared directory path in Mac OS X Terminal

I'm trying to access a shared network server via terminal on the Mac.

I can obviously access directories on the same system using just the command cd (e.g. cd /Applications) but our shared network I just can't work out how to get to?

I'm starting to wonder if it's a security issue that would prevent a user from seeing/accessing it.

5 Answers

I suspect the volume has to be mounted first before you'll be able to acces it.

% cd /Volumes/[you server/volume name here]/Users/Shared/ 

Or you should use ssh.

cd /Volumes 

there you will find all mounted volumes. There will also be the network-volumes.

Use command df to show all mounted volume.

Have a look in your root directory under Volumes.

In your server ( or where the shared directory is ), add a Samba user and set a password for it:

sudo smbpasswd -a [SharedVolumeName] 

Then you can use that user ( SharedVolumeName ) and the password you entered to authenticate and access the shared drive.