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Mount macOS & Windows shares on Debian

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

Step-by-stepStep guideGuide for Debian

Mounting Windows Shares

  1. For Linux

    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 Windows:
mount

    the Windows share. Replace the placeholders with your actual values. 
    sudo mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,yourusername,password=yourpassword //yourIPAdress/yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount
    For  Linux to

    Mounting macOS
     Shares

    1. Install CIFS Utilities: Ensure the CIFS utilities package is installed (this step is the same as above).

      sudo yumapt-get update
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

    2. 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/yourIPAddress/yoursharedfolder /yourfoldertomount -o username=yourusername,yourusername,password=yourpassword,yourpassword,nounix,sec=ntlmssp

    Creating and Sharing a Folder

      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

        CreateSimilarly, for a foldermacOS andshare:

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        it then

        Create replaceLocal thisDirectory:

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        sudo "yourfoldertomount"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 rightfollowing shared folder name.content:

          username=yourusername
password=yourpassword

          Ensure the credentials file has appropriate permissions:

          sudo chmod 600 /etc/cifs-credentials

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