Mount root of SMB Server

Question

I have a Windows server that I want to backup all the Shares through a script automatically to my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.6.8. There is no common folder all the shares are in, they are just mounted as \\SERVER\Share_Name. I want to be able to have a script that cycles through all the shares on a server (even if the folder names are unknown at the time the script is created), and create a backup on a local folder on my Mac. Or, if there's an easier way than a script, or drag-and-drop (that doesn't seem to always copy all the files)

Answer 1

There's no root in Samba protocol. To list shares on your server you can use smbutil(1):

$ smbutil view //Administrator@10.211.55.8/ | awk '$2=="Disk"{print $1}'
ADMIN$    
C$        

and then use output with mount_smbfs(8):

smbutil view //Administrator@10.211.55.8/ | awk '$2=="Disk"{print $1}' | while read sharename; do 
  mkdir ${BASE}/${sharename}; 
  mount_smbfs //Administrator@10.211.55.8/${sharename} ${BASE}/${sharename};
done

Please, read man pages to check other options I haven't used here.

The best utility to make backup I know is rsync(1). You can found it from MacPorts. It'll be interest if you know better.