Mount macOS & Windows shares on Debian

Mount macOS & Windows shares on Debian e.g. in case you need to save backups on a network share.

Step-by-Step Guide for Debian

Mounting Windows Shares

Install CIFS Utilities: Open a terminal and install the CIFS utilities package if it's not already installed.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
```
Mount the Windows Share: Use the mount command to mount the Windows share. Replace the placeholders with your actual values.
```
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,password=yourpassword //yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount
```

Install CIFS Utilities: Ensure the CIFS utilities package is installed (this step is the same as above).
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
```

Mount the macOS Share: Use the mount command to mount the macOS share. Replace the placeholders with your actual values.

sudo mount -t cifs //yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount -o username=yourusername,password=yourpassword,nounix,sec=ntlmssp

Create a Folder: Create the folder where you want to mount the share.
```
sudo mkdir /yourfoldertomount
```
Replace the Placeholder: Replace yourfoldertomount with the actual path of the folder you created in the mount commands above.

Example

If you want to mount a Windows share with IP 192.168.1.100 and shared folder name backup to a local directory /mnt/backup:

Create Local Directory:
```
sudo mkdir /mnt/backup
```

Mount the Share:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=myuser,password=mypassword //192.168.1.100/backup /mnt/backup

Similarly, for a macOS share:

Create Local Directory:
```
sudo mkdir /mnt/backup
```

Mount the Share:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.100/backup /mnt/backup -o username=myuser,password=mypassword,nounix,sec=ntlmssp

Additional Tips

FSTAB Entry for Persistent Mounts: To make the mount persistent across reboots, add an entry to /etc/fstab:

//yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount cifs username=yourusername,password=yourpassword,nounix,sec=ntlmssp 0 0

Security Note: Storing passwords in plain text can be a security risk. Consider using a credentials file:
```
//yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount cifs credentials=/etc/cifs-credentials,nounix,sec=ntlmssp 0 0
```
And create /etc/cifs-credentials with the following content:
```
username=yourusername
password=yourpassword
```
Ensure the credentials file has appropriate permissions:
```
sudo chmod 600 /etc/cifs-credentials
```

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