https://wiki.plecko.hr/ 2026-04-15T12:51:27+00:00 https://wiki.plecko.hr/ https://wiki.plecko.hr/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-10-31T09:05:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.plecko.hr/doku.php?id=linux:samba_cifs:cifs_share&rev=1572509100&do=diff Mount SMB/CIFS from shell Install cifs-utils sudo apt-get install cifs-utils Mount share sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<usr>,password=<pwd>,uid=1000,gid=1000 //server/share /mnt_folder Or if you are using AD to authenticate sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<usr>,password=<pwd>,domain=<CONTOSO>,uid=1000,gid=1000 //server/share /mnt_folder text/html 2019-10-31T09:05:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.plecko.hr/doku.php?id=linux:samba_cifs:fstab_cifs_space&rev=1572509100&do=diff Mount smb shares with spaces in name So, your evil Windows sysadmin created a share on the fileserver, and it contains a space in it's name and now you cannot mount it from fstab? Perhaps you tried the standard backslash-whitespace (like in bash), and it doesn't work. No problem! Use \040 instead. text/html 2019-10-31T09:05:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.plecko.hr/doku.php?id=linux:samba_cifs:smb_mount_from_cli&rev=1572509100&do=diff Mount samba share on Ubuntu in CLI (Terminal) There are two moments when you can mount a Windows share: Before you log in, and after you log in. Here are both examples: Server name: fs Share name: install User: usr1 Password: pwd1 Local mountpoint: mnt Local user: ubuntuuser1 text/html 2019-10-31T09:05:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.plecko.hr/doku.php?id=linux:samba_cifs:start&rev=1572509100&do=diff Samba/CIFS * Mount samba share on Ubuntu in CLI (Terminal) * Mount smb shares with spaces in name * Mount SMB/CIFS from shell