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    * -t smbfs : File system type to be mount (outdated, use cifs)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)

1. Create a .sh file

[ sudo mount –t cifs –o username=test,password=test  //192.168.1.1/tutor  /mnt/test ]

2. Set execute permission for the .sh file

3. /etc/rc.d/rc.local --- Add the entry for the .sh file