Mount NAS via terminal I can mount directories on a NAS with the following command: sudo mount -t cifs //{IP address}/{directory} /media/{local directory} -o username={username},password{password} Is there a way of mounting the NAS without specifying a directory? I want to be able to backup all folders that appear on the NAS without having to name each one individually. The code above without the /{direcory} gives me the following error: mount error(220): Invalid argument Refer to the mount-cifs(8) manual page (man mount.cifs) OS: Linux mint NAS: WD My book

No, the share(s) exported by your NAS include a name (which may not be the actual directory name but an alias). You need it to identifiy the share.