Adding smb shares in linux

Mount a remote folder 10.16.80.212/share into a folder /mnt/datashare. Use /etc/fstab so this remote folder is mounted on every boot.

• Edit fstab

  sudo pico /etc/fstab

• Add a line like this

  //10.16.80.212/share /mnt/datashare cifs user=cudmore,pass=mypassword,uid=pi,gid=pi 0 0

Here, we mount a remote folder (//10.16.80.212/share) into a local directory (/etc/datashare). The remote machine is logged in via a user (cudmore) with password (mypassword). Once mounted, the local folder (/mnt/datashare) will have user/owner (pi) and group (pi).

• Mount by hand

  sudo mount -a

• Unmount

  sudo umount /mnt/datashare

  # if /mnt/datashare is not mounted, you will get # umount: /mnt/datashare/: not mounted