Freebsd mount a NAS via SMB / CIFS (howto)

by | Jan 28, 2009 | FreeBSD | 1 comment

Qestion: I want to use our NAS server to store backups. Our NAS supports FTP and CIFS / SMB sharing technology. How do I mount and store files on NAS using FreeBSD? How do I automate entire procedure using a shell script? Is that doable? If so, what’s the easiest solution ftp or CIFS?

Answer. The mount_smbfs command mounts a share from a remote server using SMB/CIFS protocol. You can easily mount NAS share using the following syntax:

Source: cyberciti.biz (25/01/2008)


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1 Comment

  1. Adam
    Adam on July 31, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Why would you do this when 99% of NASes allow native NFS exports?

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