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Mounting Windows Shares With CIFS
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How To Use Windows Network Shares From Linux

This is the fastest way to set up Windows network (AD) shares with Linux using cifs-utils

Setup

  1. sudo apt update && sudo apt install cifs-utils -y
  2. sudo mkdir /mnt/win_share_name
  3. Create a credentials file: sudo nano /etc/win-credentials and enter the following contents:
username=user
password=password
domain=domain
  1. sudo chown root: /etc/win-credentials
  2. sudo chmod 600 /etc/win-credentials
  3. Now you should be able to test with:
sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=/etc/win-credentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755 //machineNameOrIP/share_name /mnt/win_share_name
  1. When you are done testing, unmout with: sudo umount /mnt/win_share_name

Set Up Auto Mounting

Add the following to your /etc/fstab with sudo nano /etc/fstab:

//machineNameOrIP/share_name /mnt/win_share_name cifs credentials=/etc/win-credentials,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755 0  0

After a reboot, you should be able to simply run: sudo mount /mnt/win_share_name

To unmount of course, use: sudo umount /mnt/win_share_name

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