Alternate SMB/CIFS port

[YZ]

Hi all, how do I specify an alternate SMB/CIFS port to use (non-445)?

(I have a Windows file share behind a firewall (over which I have no
control). This can be accessed from another (non-firewalled) subnet, so I'd
like to tunnel an SSH/TCP connection to get to it, but to do so, I need to
listen on a local port. Since 445 is already occupied by the local Windows
file sharing, I need to specify an alternate port to connect to, eg
\\localhost:446, but entering that string into explorer doesn't work.)

Thanks in advance. Merry Xmas!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "YZ" <[email protected]>

| Hi all, how do I specify an alternate SMB/CIFS port to use (non-445)?
|
| (I have a Windows file share behind a firewall (over which I have no
| control). This can be accessed from another (non-firewalled) subnet, so I'd
| like to tunnel an SSH/TCP connection to get to it, but to do so, I need to
| listen on a local port. Since 445 is already occupied by the local Windows
| file sharing, I need to specify an alternate port to connect to, eg
| \\localhost:446, but entering that string into explorer doesn't work.)
|
| Thanks in advance. Merry Xmas!

You can't.