Working with Linux in a Microsoft environment is not always easy.
Even a simple share can be tricky. Luckily, there’s always a solution with Linux.
In the scenario where a Windows Share is needed, running “mount” with CIFS is no surprise, however, if the Linux mount point has to be made available for a specific user, then, it’s necessary to pass the option for the local user and group of the mount point being created.
Ex.: (as root or sudo) mount -t cifs -v //IP_or_DNS_name/Share_Name /mnt/Local_Folder -o user=ShareAuthUser,pass=ShareAuthUserPW,domain=ShareAuthUserDomainOrLocalMaShareMachine,uid=LinuxUID,gid=LinuxGID
Using the above command will mount under /mnt/Local_Folder the CIFS share, but will do it making the Linux user an group owner of that mount point.
This is very usefull when you need to backup Linux files or databases (that only a service user can access) but the backup server is Windows based. So one makes a backup to a folder, that happens to be a CIFS share and the Windows machine can backup that folder.
Hope it helps.