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Mount CIFS Share

Mounting a remote Windows share via CIFS is similar to mounting regular file systems. Follow the steps below to mount a CIFS share on Linux. Step 1: Install CIFS Utilities Packages on Linux The CIFS-Utils package provides the necessary utilities for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on a Linux system. The installation steps differ depending on which Linux distribution you are using. For Debian-based systems: First, update the local package repository to ensure the latest available package gets installed: sudo apt update Run the following command to install the CIFS-Utils package: sudo apt install cifs-utils - y For RHEL-based systems: First, update the system repository: yum update Next, install the CIFS-Utils package by running the following command: yum install cifs-utils For Fedora: Run the following command to update the package repository: sudo dnf update Install CIFS-Utils by running: sudo dnf install cifs-utils After the package installs, move on to the next section to create a mount poi