title: mount -t nfs vs cifs
body: <p>I had a requirement to mount a NFS. After several trial and errors, I could mount a NFS file system from NAS on my Linux system. We were also evaluating if cifs can be used when NFS does not work. man pages were too confusing and could not find any lucid explanation on web. My question is - if NFS is a problem can mount -t cifs be used in place ? Is cifs always available as replacement for nfs. </p>