[olug] Automount cifs shares in Fedora FC2/FC3

[Terry]

Here is some more fun:

//server/share\040name  /mnt/share blah blah blah

That's how you handle shares with spaces.


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:22:47 -0600, Brandon Lederer
<brandon at tolkien-movies.com> wrote:
> Thats more secure and good to know......  but i just do this in fstab
> 
> //server/share   /mnt/share  smbfs
> nosuid,nodev,noexec,username=user,password=passwd,uid=500,gid=500,file_mode=0664,dir_mode=0755
> 
> 
> 0 0
> 
> On Monday 29 November 2004 11:38 am, Jon H. Larsen wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Here's a handy way to mount cifs (samba) shares on system bootup.
> > I've done this is FC2 and FC3, YMMV in other distros.
> >
> > You'll need to edit fstab, so you should be comfortable with doing so.
> >
> > Login as root
> >
> > Create the file /etc/samba/auth.smb in your favorite text editor.
> > In it, you should place the username and password for the share you plan
> > to connect to.  It should look like this:
> >
> > username=myuserid
> > password=mypasswd
> >
> > Save it.
> >
> > Protect it:
> > chmod 600 /etc/samba/auth.smb
> >
> > This way, only root can read it.
> >
> > You can create a few /etc/samba/auth.smb.whatever if different machines
> > have different userids/passwords.  Just reference the correct
> > credentials=auth.* in /etc/fstab.
> >
> > Next, edit /etc/fstab.  Add a new line to the bottom of your /etc/fstab
> > like to the line below (remember, this is all one line, but your email
> > client will break the line, use other fstab entries as your guide):
> >
> > //server/share   /mnt/share  cifs
> > nosuid,nodev,noexec,credentials=/etc/samba/auth.smb,uid=500,gid=500,file_mo
> >de=0664,dir_mode=0755 0 0
> >
> > Change the uid and gid to match your own.  Mine are uid=500,gid=500, as
> > I'm the only user on my box.
> >
> > Save it.
> >
> > Next, create the mount point
> >
> > mkdir /mnt/share
> >
> > Go into the Fedora init.d dir:
> > cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/
> >
> > ./netfs restart
> >
> > You should see something close to this:
> > Unmounting CIFS filesystems:                               [  OK  ]
> > Mounting CIFS filesystems:                                 [  OK  ]
> > Mounting other filesystems:                                [  OK  ]
> >
> > Make sure you add netfs to your runlevel startup.
> >
> > chkconfig --add netfs
> >
> > Now, your samba shares will mount each time you boot your system.
> >
> > Jon L.
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