Solaris / OpenSolaris Mount Windows Shared (CIFS)

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: November 1, 2009 2 comments

How do I mount a CIFS Windows share under Solaris / OpenSolaris UNIX operating systems?

Simply use the following commands to mount a CIFS share.

Task: Turn on Samba Client Service

svcadm enable network/smb/client

Task: Mount a Share

Type the following command to mount a CIFS shared called data from server called fileserver on the /data:
# mkdir /data # mount -F smbfs //fileserver/sales /sales # ls -l /sales # cp /sales/copy/file /to/dest # df

To view all available sharename, enter:
smbutil view //fileserver smbutil view //windows2003

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