Mount PC share to UNIX

[jerry1]

How can I mount a PC share to a UNIX server?

[Sundar_7 · Accepted solution]

1) Start cifsclient daemon

# vi /etc/rc.config.d/cifsclient
RUN_CIFSCLIENT=1
#

# /sbin/init.d/cifsclient start

2) # mount -F cifs :/share-name /mountpoint

3) authenticate to the share

# cifslogin


To mount the share everything the system boots, add thefollowing entry to /etc/fstab

# vi /etc/fstab
:/share-name /mountpoint cifs defaults 0 2
#

and add -s option to cifslogin, so that you dont have to authenticate urself everytime the share is mounted

# cifslogin -a

[jerry1]

Thank you.

[jerry1]

Sundar, there are samba configs /etc/rc.config.d/samba
and /sbin/init.d/samba but no cifs configs.
??

[Sundar_7]

hmm..you may not have CIFS client software installed in the system

# swlist | grep -i cifs

If you dont see "CIFS Client" then you need to install CIFS client software in the system.

You can download CIFS client from software.hp.com.

[jerry1]

Correct, Just realized that. And it requires
a reboot. Darn!

Thanks again for your help.

[jerry1]

It does not work:

mount -F cifs mp-irv-04a:/ccure800 /a

[Darren Prior]

Hi Jerry,

What error message do you see when you run the mount command, and has anything been logged in the cifsclient error log?

regards,

Darren.

[jerry1]

Actually I ended up trying:

# cifsmount //mp-irv-04a/ccure800 /a -U ntuser

It mounted, but ntuser does not have read
perms. Thats okay since it is not setup yet to do so.

bdf shows:

localhost:\\MP-IRV-04A\CCURE800
16764696 2664152 14100544 16% /a


If I try:

# mount -F cifs mp-irv-04a:/ccure800 /b
Logging in User: You are already connected as user ->ntuser<-

Probably since I did a:

cifslogin mp-irv-04a ntuser



What is the difference using mount or cifsmount and how do I undo the user connection if I wanted to mount with a
different user id?

[Darren Prior]

Hi Jerry,

I believe cifsmount will be removed at some point in the future. The mount -F cifs command actually uses cifsmount to do the work.

As for specifying different user names, you can use cifslogout then cifslogin with a different name.

regards,

Darren.