[SOLVED] Samba not mounted in fstab?

NotAComputerGuy · 06-27-2013, 01:50 PM

I have a samba mount line within my /etc/fstab but it doesn't mount it at startup for some reason. If I perform sudo mount -a it works fine with no errors.

What's the likely problem for this, or more importantly how do I resolve it?

Thanks

yancek · 06-27-2013, 02:41 PM

I expect you would need to post the entry before anyone could give you any realistic advice.

frankbell · 06-27-2013, 09:55 PM

Is mount set to "auto" in fstab?

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

NotAComputerGuy · 06-28-2013, 03:38 PM

Here is the exact line as requested.

Code:

//192.168.0.2/shares			/media/samba cifs		guest,iocharset=utf8,auto	0	0

timl · 06-28-2013, 06:50 PM

The only things I can think of is to have a browse around /var/log/samba on the host computer. There may be a log on there relating to your client ip address. Or check dmesg on both computer and check for error messages. I am afraid you will have to use a bit of intuition as these are suggestions rather than solutions

NotAComputerGuy · 06-29-2013, 12:52 AM

Everything works fine with

Code:

sudo mount -a

. I'll try add that command to the startup list of programs later.

Z038 · 06-29-2013, 01:04 AM

Try replacing 'guest,' in the options with 'username=guest,password='

Like so:

Code:

//192.168.0.2/shares   /media/samba   cifs   username=guest,password=,iocharset=utf8,auto  0  0

NotAComputerGuy · 07-03-2013, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z038

Try replacing 'guest,' in the options with 'username=guest,password='

Like so:

Code:

//192.168.0.2/shares   /media/samba   cifs   username=guest,password=,iocharset=utf8,auto  0  0

I get permission denied.

Code:

sudo mount -a
mount error(13): Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

If I add 'sudo mount -a' to the list of startup applications within MATE desktop environment it doesn't work either. Is there a command line list of startup stuff? Maybe I could get it to wait for a minute after boot, then mount -a? Would this be a suitable time to use cron's "@reboot" marker?

Thanks

Z038 · 07-03-2013, 05:23 PM

Perhaps it's a timing problem of some kind. You could try issuing a mount command in rc.local, assuming you have that in your distro. In Slackware, it is /etc/rc.d/rc.local. That would occur long after the mounts in fstab, basically near the very end of init processing.

Edit: If you search with google for "mount error(13) permission denied" you will find many hits related to Samba cifs mounts, including quite a few threads on LQ. You might peruse some of those to see if any of them shed light on your problem.

NotAComputerGuy · 07-05-2013, 02:42 PM

Hi,

Thanks, I've looked to see where Debian keeps its rc.local file, and according to this page, it says that there is no rc.local and talks about putting a script in /etc/init.d, but it also talks about run levels. I'm wondering if a two line script it enough to work. This page suggests there's a little more to it.

Could anyone guide me in how to make a script just perform the line: sudo mount -a

I'm trying to search to see if anyone has created a script before, but searching "-a" is taken as "without a"

Thanks

yancek · 07-05-2013, 06:44 PM

Have you read the info at the Mint forums below and tried their suggestions?

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=131128

NotAComputerGuy · 07-05-2013, 06:52 PM

Yes, that is where it currently is, but it doesn't seem to work. I think it's because it's expected to run in a command line box.

NotAComputerGuy · 07-09-2013, 05:07 AM

Solved this thanks to this page.

I created the file and made it executable (chmod +x) : /etc/network/if-up.d/fstabmount
Which contained:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
mount -a

According to that page, after the network is up, it tries to remount everything again, which is apparently why it fails, as fstab is run before the network is up.