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Questions tagged [cifs]

Questions regarding Common Internet File System. CIFS is a protocol that defines a standard for remote file access, allowing for cross-platform file sharing.

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How do I mount a CIFS share?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, and am trying to mount a freenas server. I have the server set to share in cifs and nfs with no luck. I have tried smbmount //192.168.1.### /mnt/ I am not new to Ubuntu but am nowhere near a power user, so I'd prefer a GUI…
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Mounting cifs drive gives: mount error(22): Invalid argument

I'm trying to run: sudo mount -t cifs //user.my-backup.com /mnt/wal_drive -o iocharset=utf8,rw,credentials=/etc/backupcredentials.txt,uid=postgres,gid=postgres,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770 However I keep on getting the following error: mount…
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How to map a network drive?

I am unable to map a Windows network drive in Ubuntu. I executed the following command in the terminal: karthick@karthick:~$ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=raghu //172.29.32.184 /media/Data/ Password: mount error(2): No such file or directory Refer…
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Npm errors when installing packages on windows share

I have Ubuntu 12.10 running as a VMware guest on my Windows 8 host. I have shared a folder on my Windows 8 Host and it is mounted in the Ubuntu guest on startup using this entry in fstab: //myhost/work /work cifs…
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"Mounting cifs URL not implemented yet" when I try to mount a samba share

I have a server for development (Ubuntu 12.04). On that machine, I have a shared folder named "projects". I tried sudo mount -t smbfs smb://192.168.2.28/projects/myProject /mnt/myProject on my Ubuntu 11.10 and got the error: Mounting cifs URL not…
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16.04 CIFS "Host is down" but they are not

I have my CIFS setup in fstab and they are working as they are supposed to on boot. They mount as they should and work for a while. Out of nowhere it seems (could be after unlocking machine etc) I get "Host is down" error trying to access it. I have…
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cifs, smb - Can't mount (permission denied) or navigate shared folder

I've recently bumped into this problem. I usually navigate through a local network shared folder from a Linux machine via smb (i.e. from file manger using smb: ). Now whenever I try to access the shortcut or typing credential again I keep getting…
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How do I mount Samba share as non-root user

Is there a step-by-step tutorial that instructs in detail how to smbmount a Samba share to be used by a non-root user on a Ubuntu 10.04 desktop? Note: there are numerous threads on Google search dealing with this seemingly new problem. Instructions…
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Unable to mount cifs with iocharset=utf8

When I try to mount a cifs share with option iocharset=utf8 I receive the error: mount error 79 = Can not access a needed shared library. What shared library am I missing?
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Specify SMB 3.0 in /etc/fstab

TL;DR: What is the syntax to mount a CIFS share via SMB3 in /etc/fstab? Previously, I had this working in my /etc/fstab: //192.168.1.100/Movies /mnt/Media cifs credentials=/home/syn/.smbcred,uid=111,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 But after some bug…
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Mounting Windows Share using SMB 2.1 or greater

I am attempting to mount a Windows hosted SMB share (CIFS) using Ubuntu 12.04 (using kernel 3.13.0-117-generic). Mounting with SMB1 works, but that is not acceptable, we must instead mount with SMB2.1 or higher. Below is the output from my attempts…
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Ubuntu 14.04 : How do you use mount.cifs, mount.nfs, they are not in the repositories any more?

In Ubuntu 12 LTS, I always used mount.cifs and mount.nfs Now they are not in the Ubuntu 14.04 repository, so how do you use mount cifs and mount nfs or install them in 14? Thanks i.e.) Ubuntu 12.04 always worked with: root@ub12box# mount -t cifs…
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Ubuntu Server 13.10 can't mount hard drive that is on my router

So I am working currently with my Ubuntu server which I have it on my laptop at the moment so I can test out how to work with the server OS. I have it up and running with samba, openSSH, webmin, and plexmedia server. My problem is that I can't seem…
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Remount CIFS on network reconnect

I have a CIFS network share mounted on /etc/fstab at boot on a laptop connected to the wireless network. My fstab looks like this: //192.168.0.100/MyShare /mnt/MyShare cifs …
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How do I use a credential file for CIFS in /etc/fstab?

I’m having a problem with fstab on Server 18.04. I’m trying to mount a number of Windows Server network shares. If I put the username and password into each line of fstab and do sudo mount -a, it works fine. However, when I try to use a…
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