
Iocharset=utf8 allows access to files with names in non-English languages. Uid=1000 makes the Linux user specified by the id the owner of the mounted share, allowing them to rename files, Guest indicates you don't need a password to access the share, Then edit your /etc/fstab file (with root privileges) to add this line: //servername/sharename /media/windowsshare cifs guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 You will need a separate directory for each mount. Mounting unprotected (guest) network foldersįirst, let's create the mount directory. You want to mount the share in /media/windowsshare. The Windows computer's name is servername (this can be either an IP address or an assigned name).

Share password on Windows computer is mspassword. Share username on Windows computer is msusername. Your local (Ubuntu) username is ubuntuusername.
#INSTALL SONARR ON UBUNTU 16.10 HOW TO#
(This document does not describe how to host the shares yourself, only how to access shares that are hosted somewhere else. This document also applies to SMBFS shares, which are similar to CIFS but are deprecated and should be avoided if possible ( link). The shares might be hosted on a Windows computer/server, or on a Linux/UNIX server running Samba. This document describes how to mount CIFS shares permanently. Use of tilde in pathnames such as "credentials=~/.smbcredentials".Slow shutdown due to a CIFS/Network Manager bug.

Unprotected network folder won't automount.Mount password protected shares using libpam_mount (Ubuntu 9.04).Mount password protected network folders.Mounting unprotected (guest) network folders.
