SMB mount in commandline headaches.

As root:

mount.cifs //*ipaddress*/*share* /mnt user=*username*

works just fine.

But, windows has kindly changed one of the shares to ‘External (G)’:

mount.cifs //*ipaddress*/External (G) /mnt user=*username*

does not work.

I’ve tried putting a \ before each bracket, and tried putting single and double quotes around the smb directory.

How do I get this to mount?!?!

(I’m accessing this from a far away computer, via another computer, so cannot change the name of the share, nor can I use any GUI)

Hi.
Since I’m sure you’ve already tried putting quotes around your share, I’d suggest trying G$.
Greetz!