Client Setup
yum install samba samba-client cifs-utils -y groupadd smbgroup -g 1337 adduser -G smbgroup -u 1004 user1 smbpasswd -a user1 # what shares are available smbclient -L //172.31.36.243/sambashare -U user1 smbclient -L //172.31.36.243/sambagroupshare -U user1 # create directory to mount share mkdir /usershare mkdir /groupshare # mount directly (gid's should be same as server) mount //172.31.36.243/sambashare /usershare -t cifs -o username=user1,password=password,uid=1004,gid=1337 mount //172.31.36.243/sambagroupshare /groupshare -t cifs -o username=user1,password=password,uid=1004,gid=1337 # create credential files for security on persistent mounts cd /etc/samba vim sharedcreds: username=user1 password=password # create persistent mount vim /etc/fstab: //172.31.36.243/sambashare /usershare cifs rw,credentials=/etc/samba/sharedcreds 0 0 //172.31.36.243/sambagroupshare /groupshare cifs rw,credentials=/etc/samba/sharedcreds 0 0