I like it when there is minimal configuration files changes involved and the commands are easy to understand, as it was in the case for this tutorial. Mount a network share in Linux doesn’t have to be a nightmare, as you saw above we are able to follow an organized process.
192.168.1.129/share1 /mnt/shares/share1 cifs username=user1,password=user1password 0 0 Conclusion Add the following line to the bottom of your fstab configuration file. If you would like to keep the network shares mounted even after a reboot you can acomplish this with the help of the fstab configuration file. Now that was easy, keep in mind that using the commands above will only result in the network shares being temporarily mounted, if the system were to be rebooted all mounted shares will be unmounted. //192.168.1.107/share1/ - IP address or name of file server followed by share name.
Network file sharing ubuntu for windows 10#
Mount.cifs //192.168.1.107/share1/ /mnt/shares/share1/ This guide is for Windows 10 users who cannot see other Ubuntu machines in the Windows File Explorer, but can access them directly with the network path either by using the hostname (hostnameshare) or IP (192.168.1.10share). All you are required to specify is the server IP address, share and mount point. To mount a public share or one that doesn’t require a password is even easier. -o users=user1,password=user1 - This means options and in my case I am specifying the username and password to the share./mnt/shares/share1/ - This is the mount point where our network share will reside.//192.168.1.107/share1/ - IP address or name of file server followed by the share name.The basic command below will attempt to mount a network share with credentials, in this case the file server is a Windows Server 2003 and the client is a Ubuntu 12.04 server.
Network file sharing ubuntu install#
Yum install cifs-utils Mount Network Share With Credentials Scientific Linux and CentOS users can use yum. If the system you are working with lacks the cifs-util it can be installed using the package manager for your distribution. Mkdir /mnt/shares/share1 Install Cifs-util Suite I would recommend creating the mount point in the /mnt directory. Create Mount Pointįor every network share you wish to mount you need to specify a mount point just like we do with hard drives and USB drives. Like always the tutorial assumes you have root access or similar. The cifs-util suite is required in order to mount a network share, if the system you are working with lacks the suite this tutorial also covers the installation of the same. In this tutorial I will go over the steps need to mount a network share in Linux.
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