How to mount remote windows partition (windows share) under Linux

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 //server/share -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 //server/share /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• -t smbfs : File system type to be mount (outdated, use cifs)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)

See also:

• Configure a system to automount a Samba share with /etc/fstab file
  

Updated for accuracy on Aug-8-2007, 8:19PM.