Mount a Windows Fileshare

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Requirements

Share the Directory on Windows

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Right click on the directory you want to share.
  3. Click 'Show more options'.
  4. Click 'Give access to' -> 'Specific people...'
  5. On the drop-down menu, find 'Everyone'.
  6. (Optional) change 'Read' to 'Read/Write'.
  7. Click 'Share'.

Check the IP address on Windows by opening CMD and running

1ipconfig

Mount the Shared Windows Directory on Linux

Install cifs-utils and smbclient.

Add the windows password to pass, then check the output.

1pass windows

Create a mount directory:

1windir=/mnt/windows
2sudo mkdir ${windir}
3sudo chown $USER ${windir}

Specify the username and IP address, then mount that directory:

1winuser=Alice
2windows_ip=192.168.0.13
3
4sudo mount -t cifs -o username=${winuser},uid=$UID,password="$(pass windows)" //${windows_ip}/Users ${windir}
5
6ls ${windir}

Check it works, then unmount:

1sudo fusermount3 -u ${windir}

Alias

Make an alias for easy mounting and unmounting.

1alias mwin='sudo mount -t cifs -o username=${winuser},uid=$UID,password="$(pass windows)" //${windows_ip}/Users ${windir}'
2alias mwinrm='sudo fusermount3 -u ${windir}'
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