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How to permanently mount samba share with root priveleges? I've used this FAQ but still getting the same error. The point is i don't want to send credentials in plane text.

User credentials file:

username=USER
password=password
domain=sanctuary

smb.conf:

    [global]
    valid users = USER
    browsable = yes
    guest ok = no
    read only = no
    available = yes
    public = no
    writable = yes
    comment = USH
    security = user
    workgroup = Sanctuary
    create mask = 0777
    directory mask = 0777
    unix password sync = yes

    [share]
    comment = archive
    path = /share
    directory mask = 0777
    create mask = 0777

fstab line:

fstab: //192.168.1.50/share /media/share cifs credentials=/etc/samba/user,rw,uid=USER,iocharset=utf8,user,noauto,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //192.168.1.50/share,
   missing codepage or helper program, or other error
   (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
   need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
   In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
   dmesg | tail  or so

From connect to server menu in nautilus share mounts fine and dandy, but... again no root.

Update:

After simplifying a line in fstab to

fstab //192.168.1.50/share /media/share cifs credentials=/etc/samba/user,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

i get the error:

mount: only root can mount //192.168.1.50/share on /media/share

Update 2

Actually i got share mounted with:

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

But i still cannot write inside it - is says Permission denied

Update 3 SOLVED

Source of proublem was messed up/non-tweaked permissions

Execute

sudo chmod 777 /share

on server helped.

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I solved it by executing:

sudo chmod 777 /share  

on server.

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  • I'm going to undelete this because it is in fact the answer to the question.
    – Seth
    Jan 15, 2015 at 2:25

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