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Gamix
Asked: 2024-10-06 01:27:56 +0800 CST

Mount SECURE smb share with cifs [duplicate]

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I'm on Kubuntu 24.04.1 and I've managed to succesfully mount a smb share with cifs by adding it in /etc/fstab, with this line:

//192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs user,noauto,user=test,password=test 0 0

The problem is that the password is in plain text which is not secure. So I've followed a new guide, by creating a credential file (.smb_cred) with chmod 600 (read and write) and put this line instead:

//192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs uid=1000,credentials=/home/test/.smb_cred,iocharset=utf8 0 0

The problem is that it doesn't work. I see the mounted file but it's empty.

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    I'm on Kubuntu 24.04.1 and I've managed to succesfully mount a smb share with cifs by adding it in /etc/fstab, with this line:

    //192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs user,noauto,user=test,password=test 0 0

    It's not automounting since you specified noauto in the declare statement. You have given a non-root user the ability to mount it however with the preceding user option.

    //192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs uid=1000,credentials=/home/test/.smb_cred,iocharset=utf8 0 0

    That line is attempting to do the opposite. It's attempting to automatically mount the share at boot time.

    After a reboot if the share doesn't mount open a terminal and run:

    sudo mount -a

    If the share is now mounted you can either:

    1. Incorporate the user,noauto method you used in the first declaration:

      //192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs user,noauto,uid=1000,credentials=/home/test/.smb_cred 0 0

    2. Or, use a systemd automounter: x-systemd.automount:

      //192.168.10.122/Test /mnt/Test cifs uid=1000,credentials=/home/test/.smb_cred,iocharset=utf8,x-systemd.automount 0 0

    Note: If you have an encrypted home directory the credentials file needs to be someplace else like /etc/samba/cred-files/.smb_cred

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