How to Map a Network Drive - Linux

This article provides instructions on how to map a network drive (i.e. S drive) on a Linux device.

Linux - Map a Network Drive

1. Open a Terminal window
2. You require the mount.cifs command, so you will have to install the cifs-utils package
   • If you are on Ubuntu or similar, you can type 'sudo apt-get install cifs-utils' to install it
3. Type 'sudo mkdir /tmp/pdrive' or substitute with the directory you'd like to mount into (pdrive is just an example)
4. Type 'sudo mount.cifs //path /tmp/pdrive -o rw,noperm,username=XYZ,domain=ACADIA'
   • Make sure to substitute /tmp/pdrive if you want to mount in a different location
   • Substitute //path for the folder you want:
     • //home.acadiau.ca/departments for the S drive
     • //falcon.acadiau.ca/XYZ for your drive on Falcon
     • Substitute 'XYZ' with your Acadia username 
5. You may have to enter two separate passwords:
   1. If you did not use 'sudo' in the earlier commands or recently, you will have to enter your Linux password first
      • The Linux password prompt will just say "Password: "
   2. Your Acadia network password (same as Central, MOODLE, email, etc)
      • The network password prompt will say "Password for XYZ@//falcon.acadiau.ca/XYZ: " (XYZ being your username as before)
6. If no errors occur, the drive should now be mounted into the folder you specified.