[SOLVED] Samba Entry of fstab to mount windows shared folder on Linux machine

vikas027 · 12-15-2010, 10:37 AM

Dear All,

I spent all day learning some concepts of Samba which I left while preparing for RHCE.

One of them is how to permanently mount (fstab entry) windows shared folder.

Manually mount command is running fine for me.

Code:

[root@server /]# mount -t cifs \\\\192.168.1.150\\D /mnt -o username=vikas,password=vikas27
[root@server /]# df -kh /mnt
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
//192.168.1.150/D     2.0G   13M  2.0G   1% /mnt

But, either of these lines are not working for /etc/fstab.

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /mnt                    cifs    defaults,username=vikas,password=vikas27   0  0
\\\\192.168.1.150\\D    /mnt                    cifs    defaults,username=vikas,password=vikas27 0 0

Hope I am missing a small thing. Please help.
Thanks in advance.

TB0ne · 12-15-2010, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikas027

Dear All,
I spent all day learning some concepts of Samba which I left while preparing for RHCE.

One of them is how to permanently mount (fstab entry) windows shared folder.

Manually mount command is running fine for me.

Code:

[root@server /]# mount -t cifs \\\\192.168.1.150\\D /mnt -o username=vikas,password=vikas27
[root@server /]# df -kh /mnt
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
//192.168.1.150/D     2.0G   13M  2.0G   1% /mnt

But, either of these lines are not working for /etc/fstab.

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /mnt                    cifs    defaults,username=vikas,password=vikas27   0  0
\\\\192.168.1.150\\D    /mnt                    cifs    defaults,username=vikas,password=vikas27 0 0

Hope I am missing a small thing. Please help.
Thanks in advance.

From Google, if you tried to look it up.

Code:

//my.server.name/directory /mnt/point cifs uid=userid,credentials=/etc/cifspw,domain=Domain 0 0

Reference the page here:
http://webscript.princeton.edu/~pug/...Windows_Shares

Also, be aware the options for cifs and smbfs are different.

vikas027 · 12-15-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TB0ne

From Google, if you tried to look it up.

Code:

//my.server.name/directory /mnt/point cifs uid=userid,credentials=/etc/cifspw,domain=Domain 0 0

Reference the page here:
http://webscript.princeton.edu/~pug/faqwiki/index.php?title=Using_SAMBA/CIFS_to_access_Windows_Shares

Also, be aware the options for cifs and smbfs are different.

Hi TB0ne,

I did googled before posting here.
Thanks for the link and code. But for some reasons (may be my silly mistake), it is not working for me.

My Win XP Pro machine name is testwinbox and my workgroup name in Win XP Pro and smb.conf is wrkgrp

I tried your code posted by you as well as some more permutation & combinations, but somehow its not working

I am trying to mount a CIFS share as SMBFS is throwing the below error.

Code:

[root@server ~]# tail -1 /etc/fstab
//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               smbfs uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,workgroup=wrkgrp   0  0
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# mount -a
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# mount -t smbfs \\\\192.168.1.150\\D /mnt -o username=vikas,password=vikas27,workgroup=wrkgrp
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

When I tried either of these lines in fstab

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0
or
//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

I got this error

Code:

[root@server ~]# mount -a
bad user name "testwinbox"

As per your link, uid is the name of the windows box.

This is my /etc/samba/smb.conf if in case it is required to further dig into it.

Code:

[root@server ~]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = wrkgrp
server string = Samba Server Version %v
#netbios name = testwinbox
interfaces = lo eth0

hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.

# logs split per machine
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# max 50KB per log file, then rotate
max log size = 50

security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam

[RHCE]
comment = Hello This is SAMBA
path = /myshare
public = yes
writable = yes
browseable = yes
available = yes
printable = no
write list = @staff, vikas, vicky
valid users = vik1, vik2

Thanks for your time.

TB0ne · 12-16-2010, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikas027

Hi TB0ne,
I did googled before posting here. Thanks for the link and code. But for some reasons (may be my silly mistake), it is not working for me.

My Win XP Pro machine name is testwinbox and my workgroup name in Win XP Pro and smb.conf is wrkgrp
I tried your code posted by you as well as some more permutation & combinations, but somehow its not working

I am trying to mount a CIFS share as SMBFS is throwing the below error.

Code:

[root@server ~]# tail -1 /etc/fstab
//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               smbfs uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,workgroup=wrkgrp   0  0
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# mount -a
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# mount -t smbfs \\\\192.168.1.150\\D /mnt -o username=vikas,password=vikas27,workgroup=wrkgrp
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

When I tried either of these lines in fstab

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0
or
//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=testwinbox,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

I got this error

Code:

[root@server ~]# mount -a
bad user name "testwinbox"

As per your link, uid is the name of the windows box.

Wrong. The UID is "USER ID, and it's clearly identified as such in the link.

vikas027 · 12-18-2010, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TB0ne

Wrong. The UID is "USER ID, and it's clearly identified as such in the link.

Hi TB0ne,

I had used UID too.

I used the below line in fstab

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=vik1,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

But I am getting this error

Code:

[root@server ~]# mount -a
retrying with upper case share name
mount error 6 = No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

I have one doubt. The users vik1 and vik2 are for RHCE share definition in my smb.conf (pasted in previous post) and not of my window box. Do I need to create another share definition for the window box with valid some valid users (like vik1 & vik2) ? Forgive my ignorance.

I was thinking that if I am able to mount it through mount command, I should be able to mount through fstab too.

TB0ne · 12-18-2010, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikas027

Hi TB0ne,
I had used UID too.

I used the below line in fstab

Code:

//192.168.1.150//D      /winshare               cifs    uid=vik1,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

But I am getting this error

Code:

[root@server ~]# mount -a
retrying with upper case share name
mount error 6 = No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

Don't know if you've tried something if you don't say it. And again, re-read the page. The syntax you're using is wrong, and the link tells you explicitly how to set up a credentials file, and how to call it in fstab.

Quote:

I have one doubt. The users vik1 and vik2 are for RHCE share definition in my smb.conf (pasted in previous post) and not of my window box. Do I need to create another share definition for the window box with valid some valid users (like vik1 & vik2) ? Forgive my ignorance.

I was thinking that if I am able to mount it through mount command, I should be able to mount through fstab too.

The words "doubt" and "question" mean different things. And no, you don't, and if you're just mounting a shared Windows resource, Samba doesn't enter into it. You're mounting a shared drive, no different from mounting an NFS or other network resource.

vikas027 · 12-23-2010, 01:52 AM

Hi TB0ne,

Finally, I got it working. It was a small silly mistake.

I am writing my scenario again, it will be useful for others.

This is my Windows XP Box details:-
IP : 192.168.1.150
Computer Name : testwinbox
Computer Username : vikas
Computer Password : vikas27
Workgroup: wrkgrp
Shared Drives: D and E

My Samba Server (RHEL 5.4) details:-
IP : 192.168.1.100
Hostname : server.test.com
workgroup : wrkgrp (also mentioned in /etc/samba/smb.conf)

Now, I am can mount Windows shared drives (D & E) through command line.

Code:

[root@server ~]# mount -t cifs \\\\192.168.1.150\\E /E -o username=vikas,password=vikas27
[root@server ~]# mount -t cifs \\\\192.168.1.150\\D /D -o username=vikas,password=vikas27
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# df -HTP /D /E
Filesystem    Type     Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
//192.168.1.150/D cifs   2.1G    14M   2.1G   1% /D
//192.168.1.150/E cifs   3.7G    46k   3.7G   1% /E

To mount Windows shared drives (D & E) through /etc/fstab, I can use any of the below syntax

Code:

//192.168.1.150/D      /D               cifs    uid=vik1,credentials=/etc/cifspw,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

OR

//192.168.1.150/E      /E               cifs    uid=abc,username=vikas,password=vikas27,Domain=wrkgrp   0  0

Here, /etc/cifspw contains :-

Code:

[root@server ~]# cat /etc/cifspw
username=vikas
password=vikas27

Again, my smb.conf is as follows.

Code:

[root@server ~]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = wrkgrp
server string = Samba Server Version %v
#netbios name = testwinbox
interfaces = lo eth0

hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.

# logs split per machine
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# max 50KB per log file, then rotate
max log size = 50

security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam

[RHCE]
comment = Hello This is SAMBA
path = /myshare
public = yes
writable = yes
browseable = yes
available = yes
printable = no
write list = @staff, vikas, vicky
valid users = vik1, vik2

This was my mistake, I was using an extra forward slash before D in first column. The net-id term in the link was confusing me.
//192.168.1.150//D /D cifs uid=vik1,credentials=/etc/cifspw,Domain=wrkgrp 0 0

Many thanks TB0ne for your patience and help. I am marking this thread as solved.