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Davide Cannizzo
Asked: 2019-05-13 04:58:21 +0800 CST

How to mount samba drive in Linux using command line

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I've got a shared folder on a Windows computer, and I'd like to mount it on a server running Ubuntu Server.

How can I mount a samba drive from the command line?

networking samba mount drive network-drive

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  1. Best Answer

    First, unless already installed, install cifs-utils as follows:

    sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

    Then, choose a path where to place a file containing the credentials to access your shared folder. Let's say /home/.smbcredentials, as an instance.
    So, open that file and write your credentials as follows:

    usename=yourUsername
password=yourPassword

    Also, decide where to mount your shared folder. Let's say /myfolder, as an instance.

    Now, assuming you want your network folder to be accessible as soon as your Linux system is started, edit the /etc/fstab file. You can use nano as follows:

    sudo nano /etc/fstab

    Then, you should be able to see something already written to that file. Therefore, just append one line to the bottom:

    //yourHostNameOrIpAddress/path/to/your/shared/folder  /your/mount/point  cifs  guest,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,credentials=/path/to/the/credentials/file

    That's all, reboot your Linux system by typing reboot -f and your network drive will be mounted.

    As an alternative to rebooting, running /etc/fstab as superuser should work:

    sudo /etc/fstab
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