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Question: How Do I Mount a Network Share in Linux?

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Question: How Do I Mount a Network Share in Linux?
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Step 1: Install the nfs-common and portmap packages on Red Hat and Debian based distributions. Step 2: Create a mounting point for the NFS share. Step 3: Add the following line to /etc/fstab file. Step 4: You can now mount your nfs share, either manually (mount 192.168.

How do I mount a shared drive in Linux?

Map a Network Drive on Linux

  1. Open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install smbfs.
  2. Open a terminal and type: sudo yum install cifs-utils.
  3. Issue the command sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs /sbin/umount.cifs.
  4. You can map a network drive to Storage01 using the mount.cifs utility. …
  5. When you run this command, you should see a prompt similar to:

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How do I connect to a network share in Linux?

There are two very easy ways to access shared folders in Linux. The easiest way (in Gnome) is to press (ALT+F2) to bring up the run dialog and type smb:// followed by the IP address and the folder name. As shown below, I need to type smb://192.168.1.117/Shared.

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