GSEC · Question #219
You work as a Network Administrator for Net World Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. You want to mount an SMBFS share from a Linux workstation. Which of the following commands can you use…
The correct answer is A. smbmount D. mount -t smbfs. On Linux, SMB/CIFS shares can be mounted using either the dedicated smbmount command or the generic mount command with the '-t smbfs' filesystem type flag.
Question
You work as a Network Administrator for Net World Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. You want to mount an SMBFS share from a Linux workstation. Which of the following commands can you use to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.
Options
- Asmbmount
- Bmount smb
- Csmbfsmount
- Dmount -t smbfs
How the community answered
(70 responses)- A71% (50)
- B10% (7)
- C19% (13)
Why each option
On Linux, SMB/CIFS shares can be mounted using either the dedicated smbmount command or the generic mount command with the '-t smbfs' filesystem type flag.
The smbmount command is a dedicated Samba utility that mounts SMB/CIFS network shares on Linux systems, providing a direct interface specifically for connecting to Windows or Samba file shares.
'mount smb' is not a valid Linux command - the mount utility requires the filesystem type to be specified with the '-t' flag, and 'smb' alone is not a recognized syntax.
'smbfsmount' is not a standard or recognized command in Samba or any common Linux distribution for mounting SMB shares.
The command 'mount -t smbfs' uses the generic Linux mount utility with the explicit filesystem type flag 'smbfs', instructing the kernel to use the SMB filesystem driver to mount the specified network share.
Concept tested: Linux SMBFS share mounting commands
Source: https://linux.die.net/man/8/smbmount
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