Mount Windows Shared Folder easily to your Linux by using CIFS
14.11.2019: Added mount_shares.sh, the best version.
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
This is the best script when all shared folders are predefined.
Open script and manually edit parameters to match your configuration. Give your windows computer name and user. The most of cases domain does not require any changes. Then add into shares array all the shareable folders. Keys are Windows folders and values are path to Linux. The best thing about this is, it only asks passwords once (win+sudo).
compname='Windows-Laptop'
winuser='ezmo'
domain='WORKGROUP,vers=2.0'
shares['scripts']='/home/ezmodus/scripts'
shares['projects/websites']='/var/www'
shares['images']='/home/ezmodus/images'
shares['videos']='/home/ezmodus/videos'
shares['projects/code-repositories']='/home/ezmodus/repos'
Use this script when you have predefined parameters for single specific Windows shared folder.
Open script and manually edit parameters to match your configuration
compname='WINDOWS-FAKE-COMPUTER-NAME'
winshare='MyFakeWindowsSharedFolderName'
nixpath='/home/my_fake_unix_user/sharefolders'
winuser='my_windows_user_name'
domain='WORKGROUP'
Script does a lookup to find a current IP for given computer name. When mounting it asks two passwords your linux sudoer password and and Windows user's password.
Tip: this file should be named more describing eg. mount_computername_project_folder.sh
This script is more dynamic and allows user to give parameters directly.
-c Windows Computer Name
-s Windows Share Folder
-t Target path in linux, eg. '/home/my_user/shared_folder'
-u Windows Username
-d Domain (default: WORKGROUP)
Example to run command:
. mount_winshare.sh -c my_computer_name -s shared_folder_name -t /home/user/shared -u windows_username
- Did you remember to give execution rights to .sh file?
- Script uses 'sudo'-command, does your Linux distro support it? change it to match your own.