CentOS SMB windows share

The purpose of this post is to show how to configure a shared directory between windows and UNIX.

In windows side

You need set a directory as shared.
Optionally you can add some users who will be allowed to acces to this directory. Keep in mind that de owner (the user who created the dir is also allowed to access).

For example, the user winuser with pass winpass share the folder winshare. The windows PC IP is 192.168.1.133.

In unix side

Install the following packages:

[root@host]# yum install samba-client samba-common cifs-utils

Create the associated dir in mount directory:

[root@host]# mkdir /mnt/winshareInUnix

In order to mount the dir you have two options:
Option 1 - Auto mount on startup:
You have to edit the /etc/fstab file and append the following line:

[root@host]# //192.168.1.133/winshare /mnt/winshareInUnix cifs user,uid=500,gid=500,rw,suid,username=winuser,password=winpass 0 0

Option 2 - Manual mount

[root@host]# mount -t cifs //192.168.1.133/winshare /mnt/winshareInUnix-o username=winuser,password=winpass ,sec=ntlm
(...)
[root@10 mnt]# umount /mnt/winshareInUnix