Python cannot access file using smb client

Question

Using this library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PySmbClient I am trying to access a file from my Ubuntu machine via a smb share from a windows machine.

The share is up and running fine and I can see the files but, when I try to access the files from a Phyton script, I keep getting this error:

<SambaClient('topit/topit'@'//oberon/depot')>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "runTest.py", line 56, in <module>
    f = smb.open('estimate.sql')
  File "/home/matejb/Development/dcm-test/smbclient.py", line 408, in open
    f = _SambaFile(self, path, mode)
  File "/home/matejb/Development/dcm-test/smbclient.py", line 448, in __init__
    connection.download(remote_name, self._tmp_name)
  File "/home/matejb/Development/dcm-test/smbclient.py", line 393, in download
    result = self._runcmd('get', remote_path, local_path)
  File "/home/matejb/Development/dcm-test/smbclient.py", line 184, in _runcmd
    return self._raw_runcmd(fullcmd)
  File "/home/matejb/Development/dcm-test/smbclient.py", line 168, in _raw_runcmd
    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1343, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

My code:

import smbclient

smb = smbclient.SambaClient(server="oberon", share="depot",
                                username='topit', password='topit', domain='topit')
print smb

f = smb.open('estimate.sql')
data = f.read()

print data

Answer 1

Try

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends smbclient

Because it works by running the "smbclient" subprocess