https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/cifs/Recent content in Cifs on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/mounting_group_directories_via_the_fstab/Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/mounting_group_directories_via_the_fstab/<p>At the University of Helsinki, one can apply for group directories, which is simply disk space on a NAS. These are easily mounted when you use a university-managed computer via the university menu, but what about if you use your own machine? At least for Ubuntu Linux, the way to mount these directories has changed multiple times during the years and it again broke recently. The current entry in the /etc/fstab file in my (Vanilla, non-university-managed) Ubuntu 16.04 is as follows:<code># HY group directories//group2.ad.helsinki.fi/h204 /home/local_username/GROUP-drive cifs noauto,user,user=hy_username,nobrl,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777 0 0</code>Then you can simply execute &ldquo;mount /home/local_username/GROUP-drive&rdquo; and you will be asked for your HY password. The number 2 and the string &ldquo;h204&rdquo; in the server address (group2.ad.helsinki.fi/h204) are specific for the cost center which is in this case H2042 (taking the first digit from the cost center string and first four characters from the cost center string, respectively).And here are some instruction on how to do it manually on a Macintosh:https://helpdesk.it.helsinki.fi/en/instructions/saving-and-sharing/group-storage-space/remote-access-home-and-group-directory-mac</p>https://jeltsch.org/en/what_nfs_and_smb_shares_are_available_on_a_server_showmount_smbclient/Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/what_nfs_and_smb_shares_are_available_on_a_server_showmount_smbclient/<p>The command to figure out what shares are available e.g. on the computer 192.168.0.2 type:For nfs: <code>/usr/sbin/showmount -e 192.168.0.2</code>For samba: <code>smbclient -L 192.168.0.2</code></p>