Mount SMB Share in fstab Ubuntu

Username/Password in connect string

• Edit /etc/fstab:

vi /etc/fstab

• Enter the following:

#theShare
//theServer/theShare  /mnt/theMount  cifs  vers=3.0,username=theUsername,password=thePassword,uid=1000,gid=104,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nounix  0  0

Username/Password in credentials file

• Create a credentials file to a directory of your choice:

vi /home/username/.smbcredentials

• Enter the following entries and adjust the username, passwore and/or domain to your environment:

#username=MyUsername
#password=MyPassword

# OR:
username=MyUsername
password=MyPassword
domain=MYDOMAIN

• Save and set the permissions to the .smbcredentials file to 660:

chmod 660 /home/username/.smbcredentials

• Edit /etc/fstab:

vi /etc/fstab

• Enter the following:

#theShare
//theServer/theShare  /mnt/theMount  cifs  vers=3.0,credentials=/home/username/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=104,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nounix  0  0