This article covers how to access a Windows Share under Linux Operation System.

To access Windows share under Linux follow these steps. These steps assume you have root (administrator), or sudo access.

1. sudo mkdir /mnt/<NID>

2. sudo mount -t cifs //<full server name>/<share name> /mnt/<NID> -o user=<NID>

The first command creates a location under which the share will be mounted; that is, where it will be locally accessible. The second command will mount the share under "/mnt/<NID>" and its contents will be accessible by the <NID>, as permitted by permissions granted on the Windows share.

To cease access to the share, simply run:

sudo umount /mnt/<share name>

while not in the actual /mnt/<share name>

Notes on un-mounting a share:

• The shell can't be cd'd to the share.
• No running process (file editors, image viewers, etc.) can be running that was started in the share.
• Changing networks, even wired to wireless within UCF, while the share is mounted will cause a hang of the
  shell or processes running in the share, until it reestablishes the connection.

Additional notes:

• <full server name> is the fully qualified name for the server (example, net1234.net.ucf.edu).
• <share name> is the name of the share (example, share).
• <NID> the user with access to the shares being accessed (example, jd123456).