How To Automaticlly Mount Network Shares?

RedHatMN · 07-21-2003, 04:01 PM

I was woondering if someone could tell me what program I should use to automaticlly mount my network shares (via SMB) when the system boots. For example, I've got several shares on Windows servers that I always use, I don't want to drop down to the command line and mount them everytime.
It's my understanding that /etc/fstab is used to mount local partitions on demand, not network shares, correct? When I boot up (Red Hat 9) I see there's a program called "Automount" and it says "No Mount Points Defined" is that the program I need to configure? Anyway, if I could get some Guru guidance I'd appreciate it, Thx.

Aaron

Mathieu · 07-21-2003, 04:57 PM

You can use /etc/fstab to mount network shares as well as local partitions.

Try using the following syntax in /etc/fstab to mount a Windows share.

Code:

//theshare.name.net/myarea /mnt/windows/myarea smbfs username=myusername,uid=100,gid=100,user