I want to mount a network drive on the server (SBS2008). I have two options: Either using Fedora, (which already mounts on a CentOS) server, or directly on the CentOS server. Here is the command I tried on the Fedora machine:
mount -t cifs //192.168.xx.xx/abc /mnt/lan -o username=usernameofwindowsmachine,pass=xyz
If I use this command nothing happens, and if I press enter it goes on to the next line and prints nothing.
I also tried to mount
on the CentOS directly but no command worked (mount -t smbfs
, smbclient
, smbmount
, …). smbmount
is not installed. smbclient
gets a timeout and Fedora uses cifs and not smbfs … The Fedora machine already has a mount on a Windows 2003 Server, but I don't know how this has been made. I don't want to install something because I only want to transfer a big file from CentOS to SBS2008.
Edit:
So it is not that easy to mount a network drive … I went another way: I saw that WinSCP was installed on the SBS2008 and connected on the machine and managed to transfer the file. The speed is not that good (1,8 MB/sec.) but hey it works.
Best Answer
This must be:
Another approach is a credential file like
/root/.cifscredentials
:and then use:
Next should be using:
Another thing is the Windows Domain Name, which can also be added to the
mount
options:After all that take a closer look at
man mount.cifs
.