Mounting a CIFS Network Share in Debian/Linux/LXC
Commands Used:
Update/Upgrade
# apt update
# apt upgrade
# apt install cifs-utils
Create/open credentials file
# nano /root/.smbcred
Enter following info:
username=smbuser
password=Homelab1
domain=test
set /smbcred access to root only
# chmod 400 /root/.smbcred
Check .smbcred access
# ls -al /root/.smbcred
Make mountpoint directory
# mkdir /mnt/testshare
Mount the share manually
mount.cifs -v //192.168.1.200/testshare /mnt/testshare –verbose -o credentials=/root/.smbcred
Open fstab
# nano /etc/fstab
Add the line:
//192.168.1.200/testshare /mnt/testshare cifs credentials=/root/.smbcred 0 0
Reboot the machine
# reboot
Test to see if share is mounted
ls /mnt/testshare
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