brent Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Installing CIFS Utilities Packages To mount a Windows share on a Linux system, first you need to install the CIFS utilities package. Installing CIFS utilities on CentOS and Fedora: sudo dnf install cifs-utils Auto Mounting sudo nano /etc/fstab Add the following line to the file: # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> //WIN_SHARE_IP/share_name /mnt/win_share cifs credentials=/etc/win-credentials,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755 0 0 Run the following command to mount the share: mount -a Creating Credential File For better security it is recommended to use a credentials file, which contains the share username, password and domain. /etc/win-credentials The credentials file has the following format: username = user password = password domain = domain The file must not be readable by users. To set the correct permissions and ownership run: sudo chown root: /etc/win-credentials sudo chmod 600 /etc/win-credentials Create Symlink in Linux 8. Create a shortcut to your new mounted file share: Terminal way (the link will appear in the folder the terminal points to): ln -s /folderorfile/link/will/point/to /name/of/the/link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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