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Mounting Windows Network Shares

Why

It could be possible that someone wants to access files stored on a Windows Network Share (aka. smb / Samba Share / CIFS) using a linux system. You need to either run the image in privileged mode or add capabilities: docker run --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --cap-add DAC_READ_SEARCH...

How

  1. Make sure cifs-support is available on the system:

    # Ubuntu / Debian / etc.
apt install cifs-utils 

# CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / etc.
yum install samba-client samba-common cifs-utils

  2. Mount the drive

    # Unprotected share:
mount -t cifs <drive> <mountpoint>
# e.g.: mount -t cifs //172.16.1.100/folder$ /mnt
    # Protected share:
PASSWD=<pass> mount -t cifs -o username=<user> <drive> <mountpoint>
# e.g.: PASSWD=pass mount -t cifs -o username=user //172.16.1.100/folder$ /mnt

# The password needs to be provided using an command line variable. Since ..
export PASSWD=pass
# .. raises security concerns since the password is now available to the entire linux system, the password is provided using a command local variable.