{"id":670,"date":"2016-05-20T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-11-22T22:39:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T21:39:23","slug":"linux-mint-how-sharemount-remote-windows-folder-network-domain-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nil.uniza.sk\/en\/linux-mint-how-sharemount-remote-windows-folder-network-domain-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Mint – how to share\/mount remote windows folder in network with domain controller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here I will briefy describe how to mount a remote windows folder to a local mint linux machine. In general, on the web there are plenty of pages how to do that. However I will focus on situation where windows is using an active direstory or domain based authentication.<\/p>\n

First of all install cifs-utils package<\/p>\n

apt-get install cifs-utils<\/pre>\n
or just check if it is not already installed<\/p>\n
sudo dpkg -l cifs-utils\r\nDesired=Unknown\/Install\/Remove\/Purge\/Hold\r\n| Status=Not\/Inst\/Conf-files\/Unpacked\/halF-conf\/Half-inst\/trig-aWait\/Trig-pend\r\n|\/ Err?=(none)\/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)\r\n||\/ Name                              Version               Architecture          Description\r\n+++-=================================-=====================-=====================-========================================================================\r\nii  cifs-utils                        2:6.0-1ubuntu2        amd64                 Common Internet File System utilities\r\n<\/pre>\n
then make some local folder where we will mount remote folder<\/p>\n
mkdir ~\/share\/PC-D<\/pre>\n
then we will share a remote folder typing following command<\/p>\n
sudo mount -t cifs \/\/REMOTE-WIN-NAME-OR-IP\/REMOTE-SHARED-FOLdER \/LOCAL-LINUX-SHARE -o user=WIN-USERNAME,domain<\/span>=WIN-DOMAIN<\/pre>\n
where in my case it should be<\/p>\n
sudo mount -t cifs \/\/192.168.10.108\/D \/home\/palo\/share\/PC-D\/ -o user=palo,domain<\/span>=kis<\/pre>\n
NOTE: <\/strong>The domain keywors is here important<\/p>\n
then you will be prompted for password<\/p>\n
Password for palo@\/\/192.168.10.108\/D:<\/pre>\n
so type it and that all is done.<\/p>\n
Alternatively you may specify the password within the mount command<\/p>\n
do mount -t cifs \/\/REMOTE-WIN-NAME-OR-IP\/REMOTE-SHARED-FOLdER \/LOCAL-LINUX-SHARE -o user=WIN-USERNAME,domain<\/span>=WIN-DOAMIN,password=WIN-PASS<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Verify it typing mount<\/p>\n
palo@PS $ mount\r\n...\r\n\/\/192.168.10.108\/D on \/home\/palo\/share\/PC-D type cifs (rw)\r\n<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Unmounting<\/strong><\/p>\n
just type<\/p>\n
sudo umount \/LOCAL-MOUNT-FOLDER<\/pre>\n
In my case<\/p>\n
sudo umount \/home\/palo\/share\/PC-D<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
How to make the mounting permanent?<\/h2>\n
Open \/etc\/fstab d<\/p>\n
sudo vim \/etc\/fstab<\/pre>\n
and add line<\/p>\n
\/\/REMOTE-WIN-NAME-OR-IP\/REMOTE-SHARED-FOLdER \/LOCAL-LINUX-SHARE user=WIN-USERNAME,domain<\/span>=WIN-DOAMIN,password=WIN-PASS,iocharset=utf8 0 0<\/pre>\n
in my case<\/p>\n
\/\/192.168.10.108\/D \/home\/palo\/share\/PC-D\/ cifs  user=palo,domain=kis,password=********,iocharset=utf8 0 0<\/pre>\n
then remount it all<\/p>\n
sudo mount -a<\/pre>\n
and check with<\/p>\n
mount<\/pre>\n
More secure way of the same<\/h3>\n
Previous example has a problem that the \/etc\/fstab may read someone and see your passwords, therefore a secure way of the same is to make a local text file<\/p>\n
vim ~.credentials<\/pre>\n
and put there<\/p>\n
username=value<\/code><\/em>value password=value<\/code><\/em>value domain=valuevalue<\/code><\/em><\/pre>\n
whare „value“ are yours usernanme\/password\/domain_name<\/p>\n
then modify \/etc\/fstab line from<\/p>\n
\/\/REMOTE-WIN-NAME-OR-IP\/REMOTE-SHARED-FOLdER \/LOCAL-LINUX-SHARE user=WIN-USERNAME,domain<\/span>=WIN-DOAMIN,password=WIN-PASS,iocharset=utf8 0 0<\/pre>\n
to<\/p>\n
\/\/REMOTE-WIN-NAME-OR-IP\/REMOTE-SHARED-FOLdER \/LOCAL-LINUX-SHARE credentials=\/PATH-to-CRED-FILE\/FILENAME,iocharset=utf8 0 0<\/pre>\n
then close the file and run<\/p>\n
sudo mount -a<\/pre>\n
Done!<\/p>\n
Troubleshooting<\/h3>\n
You may receive after typing mount -a command err message<\/p>\n
palo@PS ~ $ sudo mount -a\r\nmount error(13): Permission denied\r\nRefer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)\r\n<\/pre>\n
then check your name, password and domain name if are types correctly.<\/p>\n
Resources:<\/h3>\n