Merge pull request #228974 from khdownie/kendownie022823-2

adding mfsymlinks to mount command

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-linux.md

@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ uname -r
 
     On other distributions, use the appropriate package manager or [compile from source](https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils#Download).
 
-* **The most recent version of the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI).** For more information on how to install the Azure CLI, see [Install the Azure CLI](/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) and select your operating system. If you prefer to use the Azure PowerShell module in PowerShell 6+, you may, however the instructions in this article are for the Azure CLI.
+* **The most recent version of the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI).** For more information on how to install the Azure CLI, see [Install the Azure CLI](/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) and select your operating system. If you prefer to use the Azure PowerShell module in PowerShell 6+, you may; however, the instructions in this article are for the Azure CLI.
 
-* **Ensure port 445 is open**: SMB communicates over TCP port 445 - check to see if your firewall is not blocking TCP ports 445 from client machine.  Replace `<your-resource-group>` and `<your-storage-account>` then run the following script:
+* **Ensure port 445 is open**: SMB communicates over TCP port 445 - make sure your firewall or ISP isn't blocking TCP port 445 from the client machine.  Replace `<your-resource-group>` and `<your-storage-account>` and then run the following script:
 
     ```bash
     resourceGroupName="<your-resource-group>"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ uname -r
     Connection to <your-storage-account> 445 port [tcp/microsoft-ds] succeeded!
     ```
 
-    If you are unable to open up port 445 on your corporate network or are blocked from doing so by an ISP, you may use a VPN connection or ExpressRoute to work around port 445. For more information, see [Networking considerations for direct Azure file share access](storage-files-networking-overview.md).
+    If you're unable to open up port 445 on your corporate network or are blocked from doing so by an ISP, you may use a VPN connection or ExpressRoute to work around port 445. For more information, see [Networking considerations for direct Azure file share access](storage-files-networking-overview.md).
 
 ## Mount the Azure file share on-demand with mount
 When you mount a file share on a Linux OS, your remote file share is represented as a folder in your local file system. You can mount file shares to anywhere on your system. The following example mounts under the `/mount` path. You can change this to your preferred path you want by modifying the `$mntRoot` variable.
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ storageAccountKey=$(az storage account keys list \
     --account-name $storageAccountName \
     --query "[0].value" --output tsv | tr -d '"')
 
-sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30
+sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30,mfsymlinks
 ```
 
 # [SMB 3.0](#tab/smb30)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ storageAccountKey=$(az storage account keys list \
     --account-name $storageAccountName \
     --query "[0].value" --output tsv | tr -d '"')
 
-sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o vers=3.0,username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30
+sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o vers=3.0,username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30,mfsymlinks
 ```
 
 # [SMB 2.1](#tab/smb21)
@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ storageAccountKey=$(az storage account keys list \
     --account-name $storageAccountName \
     --query "[0].value" --output tsv | tr -d '"')
 
-sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o vers=2.1,username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30
+sudo mount -t cifs $smbPath $mntPath -o vers=2.1,username=$storageAccountName,password=$storageAccountKey,serverino,nosharesock,actimeo=30,mfsymlinks
 ```
 
 ---
 
-You can use `uid`/`gid` or `dir_mode` and `file_mode` in the mount options for the `mount` command to set permissions. For more information on how to set permissions, see [UNIX numeric notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions#Numeric_notation) on Wikipedia.
+You can use `uid`/`gid` or `dir_mode` and `file_mode` in the mount options for the `mount` command to set permissions. For more information on how to set permissions, see [UNIX numeric notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions#Numeric_notation).
 
-You can also mount the same Azure file share to multiple mount points if desired. When you are done using the Azure file share, use `sudo umount $mntPath` to unmount the share.
+You can also mount the same Azure file share to multiple mount points if desired. When you're done using the Azure file share, use `sudo umount $mntPath` to unmount the share.
 
 ## Automatically mount file shares
 When you mount a file share on a Linux OS, your remote file share is represented as a folder in your local file system. You can mount file shares to anywhere on your system. The following example mounts under the `/mount` path. You can change this to your preferred path you want by modifying the `$mntRoot` variable.