Mount windows shared folder in linux

On Windows

If no folder is shared, share a folder on windows machine by running

C:\> net share toLinux=c:\shared\toLinux /grant:windows-login-id,read

 Verify if the share is visible

C:\> net share

On SuSE

If mount.cifs is not installed, install it by running

$ zypper install cifs-utils 

Create a mount point for mounting the shared folder by running

$ mkdir /mnt/fromWindows 

Now, mount the Windows shared folder on Linux by running below command and provide password when prompted

$ mount -t cifs -o username=windows-login-id windows-host:/toLinux /mnt/fromWindows 

Verify if the mount is listed by running

$ mount 

If successfully mounted, the files from Windows folder c:\shared\toLinux can be accessed in Linux folder /mnt/fromWindows

$ ls /mnt/fromWindows

On Ubuntu

Substitute these commands in the respective places of above section, On SuSE.

 

$ apt-get install cifs-utils 

 

$ mkdir /mnt/fromWindows 

 

$ mount -t cifs -o username=windows-login-id //windows-host/toLinux /mnt/fromWindows 

 

$ mount 

 

$ ls /mnt/fromWindows