Open SUSE 11.1 mount samba share at boot???

creeper3d · 07-05-2009, 10:11 PM

OK... I tried everything i could think of... but i still cannot get my Open SUSE 11.1 to mount my samba share at boot! I still don't understand the 11.1 boot sequence. can NE one help me... tell me what files to give you output from... Ty guys P.S. My shares originate from a Windows Server 2003 RC2 machine, and it's dns server doesn't work correctly... so my mount command is

mount -t //192.168.x.x/files/ /nET/ -o username=linux,password=xxxxxx
please let me know what other info you need... I don't have the internet, so it will be tommorow b4 i see this again!!! Thanks

jschiwal · 07-06-2009, 11:04 PM

Here is an example of a samba share entry in my /etc/fstab file:

Code:

//192.168.1.102/podcasts        /mnt/maxtor/podcasts    cifs    rw,user,_netdev,noauto,cred=/home/jschiwal/.credentials,uid=jschiwal,gid=jschiwal,file_mode=0117,dir_mode=0007,nls=utf8

Remove the `noauto' option if you want the share mounted during bootup. The `_netdev' option will delay trying to mount the share until the network is up.
The .credentials file contains the username and password:

Code:

username=<username>
password=<password>

Since the fstab file is world readable, don't use the username & password fstab options. Use a credentials file instead.
If the server could be down when you boot up, it may be a good idea to still use the "noauto" and run "sudo mount /net" manually to mount it. If an auto mount entry in /etc/fstab fails when you boot up, your boot up could fail.

creeper3d · 07-12-2009, 05:48 PM

your help is greatly appreciated... but now I'm getting an error 13 - permission denied... are there any special encryption methods used in samba shares that i need to know about? I've checked all options on the server, and it seems to be set up properly, but not accepting my user name and password... any ideas?