documentation/docs/user-guide/manual_smb_mount.md

# (Manual) SMB Mounts

Sometime you want to manually mount an SMB filesystem with an different user. This can be done via the Gnome File Browser. 
Simply use `ctrl+l` to open/focus on the locate windown and add the address of the mount in the following format (replace __<username>__, __<server>__ and __<share>__):

```
smb://<username>@<server>/<share>
```

![1](manual_smb_mount/file_explorer_01.png)

Afterwards you need to add the users password to authenticate to the server.

![2](manual_smb_mount/file_explorer_02.png)

After successful mounting the share you will see it on the left hand side of the file browser:

![3](manual_smb_mount/file_explorer_03.png)


You can also mount shares from the Terminal. This can be done by the following command:

```bash
gio mount smb://<username>@<server>/<share>
```

![3](manual_smb_mount/terminal.png)

Afterward the share will also show up in the Gnome File Browser on the left hand side. However you can also locate the mount via:

```bash
ls -l /run/user/$(id -u)/gvfs/
```

or via the `gio` command:
```bash
gio mount --list
```

To umount from the commandline use:
```bash
gio mount --unmount <your mount id retrieved via --list command>

# Example
gio mount --unmount smb://scratch01/scratch/
```