Mount Windows or cifs Share on Linux

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Things you need to know first:

Your VPS Name: e.g. vps.yourvpsname.com

Your Username: e.g. vpsyourvps

Your Password

The Share Location: e.g. //sanspace.controlmyvps.com.au/VPS.YOURVPS.COM

1. To mount a Windows or cifs share on a Linux account first install cifs utilities

CentOS

yum install cifs-utils nano

Ubuntu/Debian

aptitude install smbfs

OR

apt-get install smbfs

2. Create a mount point

mkdir -p /mnt/sanspace

3. Mount the shared drive

mount -t cifs //sanspace.controlmyvps.com.au/VPS.YOURVPS.COM -w -o username=YOURUSERNAME,password=YOURPASSWORD /mnt/sanspace

4. Access the shared space

cd /mnt/sanspace

ls -ls

5. To make the mount point automount across reboots

nano /etc/fstab
OR
pico /etc/fstab

Add the following line:

//sanspace.controlmyvps.com.au/VPS.YOURVPS.COM /mnt/sanspace cifs username=YOURUSERNAME,password=YOURPASSWORD 0 0

If iptables is running you will also need to open an iptables port:

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT
service iptables save