[SOLVED] strange fstab cifs automount issue

aagaag · 08-31-2014, 10:03 AM

I want a windows drive to automount at boot (archlinux), so I entered this line into fstab:

Code:

//10.10.10.16/kellerpcroot      /data/www/webdav        cifs credentials=/home/aag/.smbcredentials,rw,user,_netdev,UID=1000,iocharset=utf8 0 0

However, no mount occurs. The command

Code:

sudo mount -a

results in the following error:

Code:

mount error(22): Invalid argument

However, I can mount the same drive from the command line, and that works fine with the folllowing command:

Code:

1730/199sudo mount -t cifs -o username=user,password=secret //10.10.10.16/kellerpcroot  /data/www/webdav

Now, after having mounted manually, the

Code:

sudo mount -a

command works just fine, which I think means that there is no syntactical error in the fstab.

What might be going on here? This issue is driving me crazy!

michaelk · 08-31-2014, 12:29 PM

You have uppercase UID in your fstab entry which is a syntax error.

aagaag · 08-31-2014, 12:45 PM

Thanks Michael, you are brilliant! The issue is resolved.

michaelk · 08-31-2014, 12:56 PM

Your welcome.