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Ubuntu - Samba - Mount a Windows Share
Command line basic syntax
The most basic mount options is:
mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWD //192.168.1.88/shares /mnt/share
Extended command line mount
If the basic mount does not work, you may need to use extended features
mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 //192.168.1.88/shares /mnt/share
where:
- USERNAME The uid of the user who will own all the files and directories in the share.
- PASSWD the password of the USERNAME user.
- iocharset=utf8
- file_mode
- dir_mode
FURTHER INFORMATION:
USERNAME: By default all the files and directories will be owned by the uid of the process or by root. You can force it otherwise.
sudo id user_name
If, for example, the user id is 1000 then you can use the following…
uid=1000(user_name) gid=1000(user_name) groups=...
Make the following entry in your /etc/fstab file :
server_name/share_name /mount_path cifs defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 —- Now when the share is mounted all files and folders will appear as the user with uid 1000. This is fine if you are the only user of the system. On a multiuser system this is problematic as other users will still be denied. Another option is to use dir_mode / file_mode to give everyone access: <code bash> dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0666 </code> which will look like: <file bash /etc/fstab> server_name/share_name /mount_path cifs defaults,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0666 0 0 </file>
Command line mount
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=peter,password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,uid=peter,gid=peter,forceuid,forcegid,vers=2.1 //192.168.1.5/Docs /home/peter/Documents/nas_docs
fstab persistent mount
Quick basic example of a cfis mount entry in fstab to connect to shares on a Windows file server or NAS device.
Permanently mount the shares so that they will be available after reboot. If the system complains add the 'noauto' parameter.
Edit your /etc/hosts file and add the hostname and IP address of the windows share or file server.
- /etc/hosts
... 192.168.1.5 NAS ...
Next create mount points in /mnt for each windows share.
mkdir /mnt/public mkdir /mnt/media mkdir /mnt/video
Make sure you have cifs installed.
Edit /etc/fstab and add a line for each windows share, see examples:
- /etc/fstab
//remote_machine/public/ /mnt/public cifs username=peter,password=mypassword,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0 //remote_machine/media/ /mnt/media cifs username=peter,password=mypassword,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0 //remote_machine/video/ /mnt/video cifs username=peter,password=mypassword,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0
Mount the shares
sudo mount -a