How to mount a samba share permanently?

Question

How to mount a samba share permanently in ubuntu 10.10? Also i dont want to display the share icon in my desktop. How to acheive this task?

Eric Johnson · Answer 1 · 2011-05-11 16:57:19Z

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Here is a very detailed set of instructions on how to do this permanently from an Ubuntu point of view.

answered May 11 '11 at 16:57

Eric Johnson
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WebWeasel · Answer 2 · 2011-04-14 04:45:12Z

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You should add it to /etc/fstab. I don't have a SMB server available at the moment but I think the fstab entry should look something like:

//server/share /mountpoint smbfs

man fstab and man mount are your friends here.

answered Apr 14 '11 at 4:45

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Evandro Silva · Answer 3 · 2012-11-20 15:55:33Z

better choice than

mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername,password=mywindowspassword

sould be

sudo mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o credentials=/root/.credMywindowsAccount

and in /root/.credMyWindowsAccount

username=mywindowsusername
password=mywindowspassword

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