How to access the file server from Windows to Linux

For this, we must know the IP our hostname the Windows File Server, and run the command:

#mount -t cifs -o username=username for access the file server, password= password for access your account on file server //IP our hostname the Windows/share folder /mnt


Now you will go for directory /mnt there is where the access point to the file server.

If you need to access more than one share, just create folders in the /mnt and point the share folder on mount command.

Example:


Assuming that the Windows server has folders: Company data and Human Resources.

Create directory on /mnt

#mkdir /mnt/company\ data
#mkdir /mnt/Human\ Resources

Now will go access Company data, okay?


#mount -t cifs -o username=username for access the file server, password= password for access your account on file server //IP our hostname the Windows/Company\ data /mnt/Company\ data

Now will go access Human Resources, we will repeat the above command replacing the folder 


 #mount -t cifs -o username=username for access the file server, password= password for access your account on file server //IP our hostname the Windows/Human\ Resources /mnt/Human\ Resources

This command works on all distributions.