Set up a CIFS Mount Point on Linux

to expand the storage pool for your enterprise, you must make a shared folder before you begin before you complete the following steps, you must do the following set up a remote storage location ensure you have admin/root permissions to create shared folders step 1 install samba you will first need to install samba to install samba open terminal and enter the following commands to install samba sudo apt get update sudo apt get install samba enter the following command to create a password for your samba user sudo smbpasswd a \<user name> step 2 make shared folder on linux to make a shared folder on linux from the terminal, enter the following command to make the shared folder mkdir /home/\<user name>/\<shared folder name> enter the following commands to make a backup copy of the smb conf file before editing it sudo cp /etc/samba/smb conf sudo nano /etc/samba/smb conf add following lines to the end of smb conf to allow reading and writing to the shared folder \[\<folder name>] path = /home/\<user name>/\<shared folder name> valid users = \<user name> read only = no enter the following commands to apply the changes to smb conf by restarting samba and checking the file for syntax errors sudo service smbd restart testparm after you successfully set up a shared folder, you can mount external storage docid\ skxdvocfhgfpcevxwdqqu in manufacturing connect edge