These instructions were written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 but they may work for other types of Linux.

Please note: ICT only provides the instructions. Support for Linux is not available.

As root

1. Create mount directory

# mkdir /mnt/jade

2. Change ownership of directory to user

# chown user /mnt/jade

3. Set suid on smbmount and smbumount so you do not have to be root to mount the directory

# chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmount
# chmod +s /usr/bin/smbumount
# chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmnt


4. Edit /etc/fstab adding the following line (replace nsid with your NSID and replace sharename with the name of the share that has been provided to you)

 //jade.usask.ca/sharename /mnt/jade smbfs username=USASK\nsid,noauto,user 0 0

5. Switch to your user account and mount the directory, entering your NSID password when requested

$ mount /mnt/jade
       Password:

6. Unmount using smbumount

$ smbumount /mnt/jade