How do I permanently mount a network drive in Ubuntu?

How do I permanently mount a network drive in Ubuntu?

open ‘Terminal’ and enter the following commands:

1. install cifs utilities.
2. create mount points for windows shares and set permissions.
3. create ‘credentials’ file to hold userid/password and set permissions.
4. enter the following 2 lines.
5. set permissions to hide username and password.
6. retrieve ‘uid’ and ‘gid’ values for next step.

How do I add a Samba share to fstab?

Auto-mount Samba / CIFS shares via fstab on Linux

1. Install dependencies. Install the necessary “cifs-utils” with the package manager of your choice e.g. DNF on Fedora.
2. Create mountpoints.
3. Create a credentials file (optional)
4. Edit /etc/fstab.
5. Manually mount the share for testing.

How do I mount a network path in Linux?

Map a Network Drive on Linux

1. Open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install smbfs.
2. Open a terminal and type: sudo yum install cifs-utils.
3. Issue the command sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs /sbin/umount.cifs.
4. You can map a network drive to Storage01 using the mount.cifs utility.

How do I access a network drive in Ubuntu?

Connect to a file server

1. In the file manager, click Other Locations in the sidebar.
2. In Connect to Server, enter the address of the server, in the form of a URL. Details on supported URLs are listed below.
3. Click Connect. The files on the server will be shown.

How can I Mount Samba share on my computer?

To mount samba share automatically after a system reboot, complete the next step. Step 5 – You can make add the configuration to /etc/fstab file to auto mount remote share on system boot. Edit the below configuration file in your favorite text editor:

Are there any GUI interfaces available for Samba?

In fact, there are now several GUI interfaces to Samba available. Some of them are listed below and I will add the others as soon as I can find the URLs. Smb4K is an SMB share browser for KDE. Its features are inspired by Komba2 by Frank Schwanz.

What can you do with a simple Samba commander?

Simple Samba Commander is a text mode SMB network commander. With SMBC, you can browse your local network or use the search function to find files in a share. You can also download/upload files and directories or create them both locally and remotely.

Which is the web management tool for Samba?

LDAP Account Manager (lam) is a webfrontend for managing accounts stored in an OpenLDAP directory. It supports Samba 3/4 users, groups and hosts. Webmin is a general web based unix administration tool with a Samba component.