Best Answer: How Do I Permanently Mount Cifs in Linux?
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How do you mount CIFS mount in Linux?

To mount a Windows share on a Linux system, first you need to install the CIFS utilities package.

  1. Installing CIFS utilities on Ubuntu and Debian: sudo apt update sudo apt install cifs-utils.
  2. Installing CIFS utilities on CentOS and Fedora: sudo dnf install cifs-utils.

How do I permanently mount a network drive in Linux?

Follow these steps to do it:

  1. Locate the share you would like to mount. showmount –e 192.168.1.150.
  2. Create a directory where the share would mount. mkdir ~/Network-files.
  3. Access the fstab file using nano. sudo –snano /etc/fstab.
  4. Type in the command for the mount. Here’s how it needs to look like:
James H. Sterling

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