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Accessing Windows shares from Linux

1) Make sure you have windows username and password to access share name

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 smbfs -o username=vivek,password=D1W4×9sw //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
  • -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)