≡ Menu Home About Linux Shell Scripting TutoriaL RSS/Feed nixCraft Linux and Unix tutorials for new and seasoned sysadmin. by Vivek Gite on January 6, 2008 last updated November 16, 2008 in CentOS , Debian / Ubuntu , Fedora Linux , File system , Linux , Suse , Troubleshooting , Ubuntu Linux , Windows Q. How do I mount CIFS Windows Server / XP / Vista Shared folder under Linux operating systems? A. Common Internet File System is an application-level network protocol mainly used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. You can easily access CIFS share from Linux and mount them as a regular filesystem. Mount CIFS with the default local filesystem permissions: # mkdir /mnt/cifs # mount -t cifs //server-name/share-name /mnt/cifs -o username=shareuser,password=sharepassword,domain=nixcraft # mount -t ci...