You Asked: Which Network Protocol Is Used by Linux to Access Windows Shared Folders?
Contents the Easiest and Most Reliable Way to Share Files Between a Linux and Windows Computer on the Same Local Area Network Is to Use the Samba File Sharing...
The easiest and most reliable way to share files between a Linux and Windows computer on the same local area network is to use the Samba file sharing protocol. All modern versions of Windows come with Samba installed, and Samba is installed by default on most distributions of Linux.
How access Windows share from Linux?
Accessing the shared folder from Linux
There are two very easy ways to access shared folders in Linux. The easiest way (in Gnome) is to press (ALT+F2) to bring up the run dialog and type smb:// followed by the IP address and the folder name.
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What protocol is used for Windows file sharing?
The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol. The set of message packets that defines a particular version of the protocol is called a dialect. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol is a dialect of SMB.
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