Freebsd Mount a NAS via SMB / CIFS

To mount a NAS (Network Attached Storage) via SMB/CIFS on a FreeBSD system, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Install the necessary software. You will need to install the samba-client package to be able to mount an SMB/CIFS filesystem on FreeBSD. You can install it using the following command:

pkg install samba-client

2. Create a mount point. A mount point is a directory where the NAS will be mounted. Create a directory for the mount point using the mkdir command. For example:

mkdir /mnt/nas

3. Mount the NAS. Use the mount_smbfs command to mount the NAS on the mount point you created. You will need to specify the share name and the IP address or hostname of the NAS, as well as your login credentials. For example:

mount_smbfs -I <nas> -N //<username>:<password>@<nas>/<share> /mnt/nas

Replace <nas>, <username>, <password>, and <share> with the appropriate values for your NAS.

The NAS will now be mounted on the /mnt/nas mount point. You can access the files on the NAS by navigating to this directory.

4. (Optional) Make the mount persistent. If you want the NAS to be automatically mounted at boot time, you can add an entry to the /etc/fstab file. For example:

//<nas>/<share> /mnt/nas smbfs rw,noauto 0 0

Replace <nas> and <share> with the appropriate values .