Mount Windows partitions in to Linux Rumi, May 6, 2011 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2003/2000/NT share using cd and ls command: # cd /mnt/ntserver; ls -l Where, -t smbfs : File system type to be mount (outdated, use cifs) -t cifs : File system type to be mount -o : are options passed to mount command, in this example I had passed two options.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/ntserver Linux mount point (to access share after mounting) Creating Auto Mount after Reboot System: /etc/fstab file contains static information about the filesystems. The file fstab contains descriptive information about the various file systems. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system administrator to properly create and maintain this file. To mount a Samba share to be mounted when a Linux system comes up after reboot edit the /etc/fstab file and put entry as follows for your Windows/Samba share: //ntserver/share /mnt/samba smbfs username=username,password=password 0 0 For example, if you want to mount a share called //ntserver/docs then you need to write following entry in /etc/fstab file://ntserver/download /mnt/ntserver cifs username=vivek,password=D1W4x9sw 0 0Where, //ntserver/docs: Windows 2003/NT/Samba share name /mnt/samba: Local mount point (you may need to create this directory first) smbfs: File system type (samba file system) username=docsadm,password=D1Y4x9sw: Share username and password Open file /etc/fstab using vi text editor:# vi /etc/fstabAppend line //ntserver/docs /mnt/samba smbfs username=docsadm,password=D1Y4x9sw 0 0, at the end your file should read as follows: proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 //ntserver/download /mnt/ntserver cifs username=docsadm,password=D1Y4x9sw 0 0 Replace sharename, username and password with your actual parameters. Administrations Configurations (Linux)