How Do I Map a Network Share On Linux?
Given an SMB file share available on your network as \\sharename\budget\ that you wish to have mapped to the Confluence server as /mnt/share/budget, perform the following steps:
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Make sure the necessary dependencies are installed for mounting an SMB share; for Debian based systems please run
sudo apt-get install cifs-util -
Ensure you have a mount point for the network share e.g.,
/mnt/share/budgetby creating a new folder usingsudo mkdir -p /mnt/share/budget. -
Prepare a credentials file by creating a file located at
/root/.smbcredentialswhich contains the following:
username=myusername
password=mypassword
where myusername and mypassword are changed to a username and password accepted by the network share server. -
Create a new entry in the file
/etc/fstabwith the following information:
//sharename/budget /mnt/share/budget cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,sec=ntlm,iocharset=utf8 0 0
The argument credentials=/root/.smbcredentials should point to the credentials file mentioned above.
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Run the following command
sudo mount -aor restart the Linux server to mount the configured network share -
The mapped network share should now be available at
/mnt/share/budget