Access secured windows folder with java on a linux server

We're trying to mount a secured windows share on a linux server, but until now we're unable to do so. This is the setup we're having:

A linux server that runs a java application
A windows share that only allows members of a certain security group for read/write access
The java application should be able to write files to the windows share
I am told, as I'm a total Linux newbie, that we should mount that folder
When we execute the mount command, we're getting "29353: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)"
This probably means that the linux user is not authorized to access the shared folder. This makes sense as a linux user isn't an AD user.

So the real question here is, what should we do so that we can access a secured shared windows folder in a java application run by a linux user? Is the mount a correct solution or do we need another approach. Thanks a lot!

Solution

You're trying to mount a CIFS share and you need to do so with a Windows username and password that has access:

mkdir /mnt/cifs
mount -t cifs //server-name/share-name /mnt/cifs -o username=shareuser,password=sharepassword,domain=nixcraft

Example Source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-mount-cifs-windows-share/

Comments (2)

+0 – You can also do the domain inside the username field -o username=nixcraft\\shareuser,password=sharepassword — Nov 14, 2013 at 17:10
+1 – As we're using a (legacy, old) linux server, we're only able to mount with - t smbfs. Works like charm! Thanks — Nov 15, 2013 at 13:43

External Links

External links referenced by this document:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-mount-cifs-windows-share/

References

https://serverfault.com/questions/555040