smb_mount_umount.md

to mount and unmount drive

Create credentials file

touch ~/.credentials
nano ~/.credentials

# Add the following content to the fie and 
username=<smbUser>
password=<password>
domain=<203.159.XX.XX>

# Save and Exit

# Change the file permission setting for the created file,
# where read and write permission is granted to owner,
# and no permission is granted to the group and user.
sudo chmod 600 ~/.credentials 

Mount the smb resource to the mountpoint

sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=~/.credentials '//203.159.XX.XX/datastore/' /mnt/mountpoint

To unmount

sudo umount /mnt/mountpoint