All files accessible in a Linux (and UNIX) system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command serves to attach the file system found on some device to the big file tree.
Use the mount command to mount remote windows partition or windows share under Linux as follows:
Procedure to mount remote windows partition (NAS share)
1) Make sure you have following information:
==> Windows username and password to access share name
==> Sharename (such as //server/share) or IP address
==> root level access on Linux
2) Login to Linux as a root user (or use su command)
3) Create the required mount point:
# mkdir -p /mnt/ntserver
4) Use the mount command as follows:
# mount -t cifs //ntserver/download -o username=vivek,password=myPassword /mnt/ntserver
Use following command if you are using Old version such as RHEL <=4 or Debian <= 3:
# mount -t smbfs -o username=vivek,password=D1W4x9sw //ntserver/download /mnt/ntserver
5) Access Windows 2003/2000/NT share using cd and ls command:
# cd /mnt/ntserver; ls -l
Where,
-t smbfs: File system type to be mount (outdated, use cifs)
-t cifs: File system type to be mount
-o: are options passed to mount command, in this example I had passed two options. First argument is password (vivek) and second argument is password to connect remote windows box
//ntserver/download: Windows 2000/NT share name
/mnt/ntserverLinux mount point (to access share after mounting)
See also:
Configure a system to automount a Samba share with /etc/fstab file
Updated for accuracy on Aug-8-2007, 8:19PM.
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Discussion on This Article:
D'AngeloSays: February 2nd, 2007 at 12:40 am
I Have two Operating System, Windows XP the other is Fedora how can I make them talk to each other, how can I make them file share?
nixcraftSays: February 2nd, 2007 at 3:23 am
D’Angelo,
Is it a dual boot system or networked system?
NandkishorSays: May 8th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Hi,
I have used dual boot system, using Windows 2001 &Red Hat Linux.
1) How make them to speak or share etch other files.
2) How I login Linux &windows without restarting the computer. There is any utility for this.
Regards,
Nandkishor
nadavSays: May 8th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
using -t cifs : File system type to be mount
seams to work better is some cases
example:
mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt -verbose -o user=username
michaelSays: August 2nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
I tried this command on my Ubuntu system but got the following error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //server_name/Ubuntu_Backups,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
I also tried nfs but still no good. I have a windows server 2003 machine I am sharing to the ubuntu box.
martinSays: August 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 am
Hi,
i have exactly the same issue michael…
Does anyone know, what the problem is?
thanks a lot,
martin
vivekSays: August 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
michael / martin,
Use cifs option instead of smbfs (outdated and not supported).
HTH
francoSays: November 28th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Martin, Michael, you must have smbfs installed to run cifs, so
$sudo aptitude install smbfs
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