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CIFS shares not mounting after modifying /etc/fstab

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I've been able to mount my nas shares by first making directories in the /media folder, then :

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

to include the following line for each share I want to auto-mount;

//servername/sharename  /media/windowsshare  cifs  guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode  0  0

Now, however, I upgraded to 12.10, and suddenly I'm not able to mount the shares after saving /etc/fstab and sudo mount -a, giving me this error:

Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

mount error(22): Invalid argument

When in Nautilus, The shares are visible under the network tab, unmounted, and when I click on a share, I get the following message:

mount: only root can mount //192.168.1.71/photos on /media/photos

I checked to ensure smbfs was installed, and no problems there. I'm stumped.

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answered 3 Years ago iriousutur · Accepted Answer

Not sure if this is the correct way to mount but it certainly works for me, seeing as I was having the exact same issue going from ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10.

So try:

//servername/sharename /media/windowsshare cifs guest,users

I also use the noauto option since I'm not always on the same network I want to mount my shares manually. My exact fstab entry for my system is as follows...

//servername/sharename /home/USER/shares/I cifs guest,users,noauto

This entry was the only which would allow me to use a Torrent client to download straight to my external HDD's over my home network.

Also, maybe you should try mounting the shares in your home directory instead of /media which is a root folder.