Automounting Samba shares using autofs
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Install autofs
$ sudo apt-get install autofs
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
Add mapp file to master map
# echo "/mnt/anyexistingdir /etc/auto.somename" >> /etc/auto.master
