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== Make SMB mounts persistent with fstab == | == Make SMB mounts persistent with fstab == | ||
| − | Add | + | Add the following to /etc/fstab and /media/SharedDocs will be automatically mounted |
| − | + | when you reboot or run "mount -a". The IP address, 192.168.2.4, may be replaced with the Windows server name. | |
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| − | The IP address, 192.168.2.4, may be replaced with the Windows server name. | ||
You may also need to set username and password. | You may also need to set username and password. | ||
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| + | === New style using cifs === | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | //192.168.2.4/SharedDocs /media/SharedDocs cifs auto,username=guest,password=,rw,user 0 0 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Old style using smbfs === | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | //192.168.2.4/SharedDocs /media/SharedDocs smbfs auto,username=guest,password=,rw,user 0 0 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
== Error == | == Error == | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 14 February 2007
Contents
The mount command supports smbfs. Use it. Assuming you want to mount the folder \\server\SharedDocs. You'll need to resolve your Windows \\server name to an IP address. Assuming that \\server resolves to 192.168.2.4.
New style using cifs
mkdir SharedDocs sudo mount -t cifs -o username=Guest //192.168.2.4/SharedDocs SharedDocs
Old style using smbfs
mkdir SharedDocs sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=Guest //192.168.2.4/SharedDocs SharedDocs
Browse with smbclient
Don't put a trailing slash on the share name!
smbclient -UGuest //192.168.2.4/SharedDocs
Make SMB mounts persistent with fstab
Add the following to /etc/fstab and /media/SharedDocs will be automatically mounted when you reboot or run "mount -a". The IP address, 192.168.2.4, may be replaced with the Windows server name. You may also need to set username and password.
New style using cifs
//192.168.2.4/SharedDocs /media/SharedDocs cifs auto,username=guest,password=,rw,user 0 0
Old style using smbfs
//192.168.2.4/SharedDocs /media/SharedDocs smbfs auto,username=guest,password=,rw,user 0 0
Error
If you get an error something like this:
smbfs: mount_data version 1919251317 is not supported
Then if probably means you don't have the smbfs module loaded. Under Ubuntu this is pretty easy to fix. Just run:
sudo apt-get install smbfs
