Difference between revisions of "Automounting Samba shares using autofs"
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# echo "desiredmountpoint -fstype=cifs,rw,username=mysmbuser,password=mysmbpwd,uid=myuser,gid=mygroup ://hostname/directory" >> /etc/auto.somename | # echo "desiredmountpoint -fstype=cifs,rw,username=mysmbuser,password=mysmbpwd,uid=myuser,gid=mygroup ://hostname/directory" >> /etc/auto.somename | ||
| − | 3. Add mapp file to master map | + | 3. Add mapp file to master map (default timeout is 15min/900sec) |
| − | # echo "/mnt/anyexistingdir /etc/auto.somename" >> /etc/auto.master | + | # echo "/mnt/anyexistingdir /etc/auto.somename --timeout 3600" >> /etc/auto.master |
4. Restart the autofs daemon and check if it is working | 4. Restart the autofs daemon and check if it is working | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 20 March 2016
Instructions:
1. Install autofs
$ sudo apt-get install autofs
2. Create map file with one mountpoint per line
# echo "desiredmountpoint -fstype=cifs,rw,username=mysmbuser,password=mysmbpwd,uid=myuser,gid=mygroup ://hostname/directory" >> /etc/auto.somename
3. Add mapp file to master map (default timeout is 15min/900sec)
# echo "/mnt/anyexistingdir /etc/auto.somename --timeout 3600" >> /etc/auto.master
4. Restart the autofs daemon and check if it is working
$ sudo /etc/init.d/autofs restart
Notes:
- There might be some troubles resolving the hostname of the Samba server. Using the IP address instead of the hostname helped in my case.
- For more details regarding autofs, see here.
