Month: September 2009

How to Mount smbfs (SAMBA file system) permanently in Linux.In this post I am going to give some examples how to do SMB (Server Message Block) mounts..   Type1 : Listing SMB shared folder through command prompt #smbclient –L ipadd –U username Here –L will specify listing of SMB share for the server with ipadd Or #smbclient //192.168.0.1/share1 –U username   Example : #smbclient –L 192.168.0.1 –U root   Type2 : Mounting SMB share on local folder by using smbmount command #smbmount //ipadd/sharename /mountpoint –o username=userid,workgroup=workgroupname   Example : #smbmount //192.168.0.1/share1 /mnt –o username=steev,workgroup=test     Type3 : Mounting SMB share by using mount command #mount –t smbfs ipadd:/sharename /mountpoint –o username=userid,workgroup=workgroupname Or #mount –t smbfs //ipadd/sharename /mountpoint –o username=userid,workgroup=workgroupname   Example : #mount –t smbfs 192.168.0.1:/share1 /mnt –o username=surendra,workgroup=test   Type4 : Mounting CIFS (Common Internet File System) is nothing but a advanced SMB file system implementation which support RAP (Remote Access Protocol) #mount –t cifs ipadd:/sharename /mountpoint –o username=userid,workgroup=workgroupname   Example : #mount –t cifs 192.168.0.1:/share1 /test –o username=Surendra,workgroup=test   Type5 : All the above commands will ask password to display/mount the share name, however we can specify the password in command it’self as below #mount -t smbfs -o username=userid,workgroup=workgroupname,password=XXXXX //ipadd/sharepoint /mountpoint/   Example : #mount –t smbfs –o username=Surendra,workgroup=test,password=xylBJRS8 //192.168.0.1/share1 /test   Type6 : Mounting permanently by editing /etc/fstab file, below is the fstab file entry...