This article describes how to mount a CIFS (Windows file system) share in XenServer using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Linux

• Administrator (root) access to XenServer host using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Windows username and password to access Windows share to be mapped

• Sharename (such as //server/share) or IP address

Instructions

Complete the following procedure:

1. Log on to XenServer host as a root user.

2. Create the required mount point:
   Example: # mkdir /share (this creates a folder called share under / )

3. Use the mount command as follows:
   # mount -t cifs //server/share -o username=UserName,password=myPassword /share

4. Type the command below to verify share has been mounted:
   # mount

5. To list browse and list contents of share run the following command:
   #ls -l