How To Install cifs-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils on CentOS 7.
What is cifs-utils
The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system.
We can use yum or dnf to install cifs-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cifs-utils.
Install cifs-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cifs-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cifs-utils
Install cifs-utils on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cifs-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cifs-utils
How To Uninstall cifs-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cifs-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cifs-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
