How to mount and unmount a SMB share on Mac OS X (using mount_smbfs)

mount_smbfs.sh

#Mounting the share is a 2 stage process:
# 1. Create a directory that will be the mount point
# 2. Mount the share to that directory

#Create the mount point:
mkdir share_name

#Mount the share:
mount_smbfs //username:[email protected]/share_name share_name/

#Unmount the share:
umount share_name

mount_smbfs: mount error: /Users/machenchi/shareDev: No such file or directory
But I have made a dir with mkdir /Users/machenchi/shareDev

@vaxilicaihouxian @mwmcode I had the same issue. I fixed it by putting the last argument (i.e the mounting point) in quotes. So, the original command becomes:

mount_smbfs //username:[email protected]/share_name "share_name/"

For those who keep getting File exists without sudo it may be that you already have that drive mounted in Finder. In my case I was exploring the drive in finder. When I unmounted that it worked a charm.

Details and an automation script available: https://stackoverflow.com/a/78877529/945789

For those who keep getting File exists without sudo it may be that you already have that drive mounted in Finder. In my case I was exploring the drive in finder. When I unmounted that it worked a charm.

Details and an automation script available: https://stackoverflow.com/a/78877529/945789

so it is!

Just tested and confirmed this also works:

mount -t smbfs //username:[email protected]/sharename mountfolder

You can leave the password off and be prompted for it.
You can leave the username off if it matches your current username.

mount -t smbfs //server.name/sharename mountfolder

Should not be needed. If you check with mount, at least here it is automatically mounted at /Volumes/your_share_name.