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Mount my own samba share?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 10115 / 3 Years ago, sat, november 13, 2021, 9:59:33

I would like to access my local data, which is exported as a samba share, as if I am a samba client. Basically, how do I correctly mount my own samba share? The following mount (device) parameters:

//localhost/SHARE_NAME

//127.0.0.1/SHARE_NAME 

//IP_OF_SAMBA_SERVER/SHARE_NAME

All result in "mount: special device <device> does not exist".

Other clients have no trouble connecting/mounting the share. gvfs/Nautilus mounting is also working just fine. Ubuntu 12.04 in use.

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answered 3 Years ago rmiend · Accepted Answer

Thank you for the comments and answers. Looking at the issue with fresh eyes today, it appears to be a simple mount type (-t) option issue. All of the suggested device parameters, including //HOSTNAME/SHARE_NAME, are okay when used in the following mount command:

sudo mount -t cifs -o guest //LOCALHOST/SHARE_NAME //DIRECTORY/MOUNT_POINT

As for the device name variations - it seems best practice to use 127.0.0.1 to refer to the host.