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 Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: [solution] Ubuntu: automatically connect and mount to windows shares |
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Tutorial to auto mount any share, applied to Windows share.
This example will auto mount
//Windows_server_name/video_dir to my Ubunutu upon login at /mnt/videos
You may need to install Samba, smbfs and /or CIFS first:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount...ermanently
| Code: | sudo apt-get install smbfs
sudo update-rc.d -f umountnfs.sh remove
sudo update-rc.d umountnfs.sh stop 15 0 6 . |
- Make a Mount directory first
In order to have a share mounted automatically every time you reboot, you need to do the following:
Open a shell as root
Create a file containing your Windows/Samba user account details:
| Code: | | gedit /home/yourubuntuusername/.sambaautologin |
/home/yourubuntuusername is of course your own home folder containing your name
...it should contain two lines as follows:
| Code: | username=share_username
password=share_password |
Optional: Change the permissions on the file for security:
| Code: | | chmod 0600 /home/yourubuntuusername/.sambaautologin |
Now create a directory where you want to mount your share (e.g. /mnt/videos):
Now edit the file system table (/etc/fstab) and add a line as follows: ( Make a backup first )
| Code: | | //Windows_server_name/video_dir /mnt/videos smbfs credentials=/home/yourubuntuusername/.sambaautologin,rw,uid=bob 0 0 |
...where 'bob' is the non-root user you log into ubuntu with, 'Windows_server_name' is the name or address of the Windows machine and 'video_dir' is the name of the share. So if your Ubuntu login name = pete >
| Code: | | //Windows_server_name/video_dir /mnt/video smbfs credentials=/home/yourubuntuusername/.sambaautologin,rw,uid=pete 0 0 |
To mount the share now, just use the following command as root. It will mount automatically on subsequent reboots.
Not working? Try to rewrite | Code: | | //Windows_server_name/video_dir |
as: | Code: | | //[ip_adres_of_windows_server]/video_dir |
and try to mount again.
Solution about this hosts/ip problem: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions...nt-437901/
Partially rewritten from:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
Read on:
http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/09/25/ubunt...dwritable/
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mo...linux.html |
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