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Map Network Drive in Ubuntu

# Guide to mounting a network drive on Ubuntu From Windows Server:

# Install CIFS

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cifs-utils


sudo mkdir /mnt/localcloud

sudo nano /etc/smbcredentials

# Put this in the file you create

username=windows_username
password=windows_password
    
# Secure the Permissions

sudo chmod 600 /etc/smbcredentials
    
#Change the /etc/fstab file and add the network location to the bottom of it:
    
sudo nano /etc/fstab
//192.168.1.121/localcloud /mnt/localcloud cifs credentials=/etc/smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=3.0 0 0
    
# uid=1000 and gid=1000 with the user ID and group ID of the user you want to own the # files after mounting (use id -u zippyb to find your UID, and id -g zippyb to find #your GID.

# Manually Mount the Drive
sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=/etc/smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=3.0 //192.168.1.121/localcloud /mnt/localcloud