windows share automatically mount on linux box

emailssent · 09-18-2004, 02:35 AM

i have samba server configured on mandrake 9.2 and client is window98 ,

i want the windows share automatically mount on linux box on its boot.

so, what entry should i have to put in /etc/fstab file to automatically mount windows share on linux box

-jack

david_ross · 09-18-2004, 06:38 AM

Take a look at this wiki article:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/...cally_at_boot?

emailssent · 09-18-2004, 08:29 AM

I read that and i have added this line /etc/fstab
but it doesn't worked

//192.168.1.1/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C smbfs rw 0 0

david_ross · 09-18-2004, 08:31 AM

What happens if you run:
mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.1/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C

Does it mount straight away or ask for a password etc?

emailssent · 09-18-2004, 12:05 PM

when mount with the ip

it says,

# mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.1/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C

4465: session request to 192.168.1.1 failed (Called name not present)
4465: session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
4465: session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)
SMB connection failed

but when i access it through machine name

# mount -t smbfs //C5M9X2/C /home/akshat/mnt/C5M9X2/C
passwd:

why it is not mount with ip, even this ip is mapped with its name in /etc/hosts file

what should write in /etc/fstab entry for fullfiling its password requirement

#/etc/fstab
//C5M9X2/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C smbfs rw 0 0

coolamit78 · 09-18-2004, 01:27 PM

Quote:

what should write in /etc/fstab entry for fullfiling its password requirement

#/etc/fstab
//C5M9X2/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C smbfs rw 0 0

Try This....

//C5M9X2/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C smbfs rw,username=abc,password=test 0 0

where 'abc' is your user on the windows machine and 'test' is that user's password....

--amit

emailssent · 09-19-2004, 09:11 PM

it doesn't worked, share is not automatically mounted on linux box,

any other idea ?

vald · 09-20-2004, 05:22 AM

I think in you must add "_netdev" in mount options to force mounting of this device after network:

Code:

//C5M9X2/C /home/emailssent/mnt/C5M9X2/C smbfs rw,_netdev,username=abc,password=test  0 0

emailssent · 09-21-2004, 08:26 PM

dump,

_netdev doesn't worked

any more ideas,

Kabuto · 10-21-2004, 01:52 AM

//campus01/mtozses /home/mtozses/T smbfs rw,user,username=abd,password=****** 0 0

timed out but still worked for me, but it is mounted as root. is there a way to mount it as mtozses so that I don't have to su - root everytime? also is there a way to make the server not timeout?

BillJennings · 10-21-2004, 02:07 AM

You could try adding ",ip=192.168.1.1" to the options list if you're sure this is the IP address of the windoze box.

To make the mounted filesystem owned by a user other than root, add ",uid=xxx,gid=yyy" (remember, no spaces in the options list) to the list of options (where xxx is the uid of the desired owner and yyy is the gid of the desired group).

Hope this helps.

Bill Jennings

Kabuto · 11-01-2004, 03:02 AM

uid=xxx,gid=yyy worked man. Thanks a lot