Correct syntax for mounting a windows share in the /etc/fstab file

kaplan71 · 08-17-2009, 12:46 PM

Hi there --

I am trying to mount a Windows share using the /etc/fstab file. The Windows share can be mounted manually using the following command syntax:

Code:

mount -t cifs //<windows server>/Photon-CMS -o username=<username>,password=<password> /FOCUS/tmp/network/import

The command syntax that I used in the /etc/fstab file to automate the process shown above is the following:

/

Code:

/<windows server>/Photon-CMS$ /FOCUS/tmp/network/import cifs user=<username>,password=<password> 0 0

However, when I ran the mount -a command, I got the following error:

Quote:

mount error 6 = No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

What is the correct syntax for the fstab file? Thanks.

DebianDwarf · 08-17-2009, 02:51 PM

Sure you need 'cifs' and not 'smbfs'?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-shares-29340/

kaplan71 · 08-17-2009, 03:47 PM

Hi there --

Thanks for your reply. I tried the smbfs instead of the cifs option in the fstab line. The new syntax read as follows:

Code:

/<windows server>/Photon-CMS$ /FOCUS/tmp/network/import smbfs user=<username>,password=<password> 0 0

When I ran the mount -a command again, the output that I got was the following:

Quote:

Unknown parameter encountered: "client code page"
Ignoring unknown parameter "client code page"
6309: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

The user account is a domain user account. I vaguely remember an option that addresses this issue, but I don't remember the syntax.

catkin · 08-17-2009, 04:48 PM

The problem may be caused by the networking not being fully initialised before the init script that mounts the file system listed in fstab is run. One solution is to remove the CIFS from fstab and mount it later in rc.local; there are other workarounds but they are either more complicated or slow down booting.

Edit:

Sorry -- I missed your later post about mount -a.

The first part of the fstab line needs to look like

Code:

//<server name>/<samba share name>