How to Mount Windows Shared Folder on Ubuntu

Method 1 (Recommended)

Step 1 - Ask server admin for sudoer permission

Edit "/etc/sudoers" file, and append the following line.

xavierlin    ALL=(root) /usr/bin/mount, /usr/bin/umount

Step 2 - Install cifs-utils

To mount a shared folder you must install this package, otherwise you will get a very confusing error message when mounting a folder.

mount: /home/xavierlin/source: cannot mount xxx read-only.

Reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1113874/mount-t-cifs-results-in-cannot-mount-readonly-error

Step 3 - Mount

sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,user=xavier,uid=xavierlin //10.77.215.100/hdp folder

• user is the user name you pass to the server as credentials.
• uid is the user name on the client that is mounting the share.

Reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1203832/how-to-mount-smb-share-on-ubuntu-18-04-with-read-write-from-the-terminal

Method 2

Use this method if you are not able to acquire sudoer permission for mount/umount.

Note that though you can mount a shared folder, you will still have several permission limitations on the mounted folder.

Solution: Use gio mount util.

1. Make the Windows folder you want to mount as a shared folder.
2. gio mount smb://10.77.215.100/hdp

   Password required for share hdp on 10.77.215.100
   User [xavierlin]: (your Windows user name)
   Domain [WORKGROUP]: (type enter to use default value)
   Password: (your Windows password)

3. Type id to see your user id on Ubuntu.
4. Navigate to "/run/user/$userid/gvfs/", you will see a folder like "smb-share:server=10.77.215.100,share=hdp".
5. Optionally use ln -s to create a link to the shared folder.

Reference: https://psychcns.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/43000532428-mount-smb-file-share-from-linux-using-gio