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Mount remote windows share in Linux

10/10/2009 17:26

To mount a remote windows share:

 

Make a mount point - mkdir /mnt/backup

Use the following command to mount:

mount -t cifs //192.168.0.1/backup -o username=name,password=Password1 /mnt/backup

 

To permanently mount the windows share:

 

Make a mount point - mkdir /mnt/backupAdd an entry into the /etc/fstab file:

 

//ntserver/docs        /mnt/samba         cifs        username=name,password=Password1    0 0

Then you can mount with:

mount -a

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