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How do you mount samba in fstab?
Auto-mount Samba / CIFS shares via fstab on Linux
- Install dependencies. Install the necessary “cifs-utils” with the package manager of your choice e.g. DNF on Fedora.
- Create mountpoints.
- Create a credentials file (optional)
- Edit /etc/fstab.
- Manually mount the share for testing.
How do I mount a samba?
How to Mount a SMB Share in Ubuntu
- Step 1: Install the CIFS Utils pkg. sudo apt-get install cifs-utils.
- Step 2: Create a mount point. sudo mkdir /mnt/local_share.
- Step 3: Mount the volume. sudo mount -t cifs /// /mnt/ You can get the vpsa_ip_address/export_share from your VPSA GUI.
What to do if drive does not mount in fstab?
Also add delay_connect to give time for the network to come fully up. According to the mount manual the defaults options are rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async. So you can replace what you have and itemize the defaults while adding the delay_connect option.
Proper fstab entry to mount a samba share on boot? I am a little confused on the proper fstab entry for a samba share in Ubuntu 12.04 kernel: [ 2217.925354] CIFS: Unknown mount option mode kernel: [ 2217.936345] CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested.
Aborting operation [ 45.520990] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115 although it turns out this was due to network connectivity issues, and not related to improper fstab entry. I’ve been through exactly this same issue this morning with 12.04 and here’s how I got it working:
Why is my fstab not working in Ubuntu?
PC is under Linux Mint 17 (~ Ubuntu 14.04). The possible culprit is that your network might not be available when the system is processing the fstab. I believe auto is the default but would encourage you to add it.