smbnetfs

Mount SMB shares at a mountpoint

$ smbnetfs [mountpoint]

$ smbnetfs -d [mountpoint]

$ smbnetfs -f [mountpoint]

$ fusermount -u [mountpoint]

smbnetfs [OPTIONS] mountpoint

smbnetfs is a FUSE filesystem that provides Windows Network Neighborhood-like functionality on Linux and FreeBSD. It mounts SMB/CIFS shares interactively, allowing browsing and accessing network resources through the filesystem hierarchy.
Once mounted, navigating to the mountpoint reveals available workgroups, servers, and shares as directories. Authentication is handled automatically or through configuration files. The filesystem integrates with standard file operations, making network shares accessible to any application.

-f

Run in foreground (do not daemonize)

Enable debug output (implies -f)

Mount options (FUSE options)

Display help

Display version

Configuration is stored in ~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf and can include:
- Default credentials for shares
- Workgroup settings
- Server-specific authentication
- Mount options
Credentials can also be stored in ~/.smb/smbnetfs.auth for automatic authentication to specific servers or shares.

Requires FUSE support in the kernel. Performance may be slower than direct mount.cifs mounts. Authentication credentials in config files should have restricted permissions. Some SMB features may not be fully supported through the FUSE layer.

smbnetfs was created as an open-source project to provide easy network browsing similar to Windows. It is built on FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) and libsmbclient from Samba. The project has been actively developed since the mid-2000s and is released under GPL-2.0.

smbclient(1), mount.cifs(8), fusermount(1), gvfs-mount(1)