Mount Windows share filesystem on linux using CISF

Mount Windows share filesystem on linux using CISF|Common Internet File System(CISF) is file sharing network protocol mainly used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. You can easily access CIFS share from Linux and mount them as a regular filesystem.

 
 
 
Examples:- 
 
 
#mount -t cifs -o username=shareuser,password=sharepassword //server-IP/share-name /mnt/cifs


With domain: – Set the domain or work group of users


 

#mount -t cifs //server-IP/share-name /mnt/cifs -o username=shareuser,password=sharepassword,domain=xxxx.com
 
 
By default windows share will mount with full permission as 777 in Linux server.To change default access use dir_mode and file_mode to set the limited permission on directory and file.
 
 
 
 
To make the mount persistent across reboots, make the below entry to the /etc/fstab
 
#vi /etc/fstab
 
//server-IP/share-name /mnt/cifs cifs  _netdev,username=<share user>,password=<share  password>,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755  0 0
 
Check the mounted FS.
 
 
#df -h
 
 
 
 

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