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My university allows me to connect to my school folder using mount and this is what they suggest I should add to my fstab file:

//servername/uni-user /home/myusername/sharedfolder smbfs noauto,username=uni-user,user,rw 0 0

And because smbfs is not available anymore at Ubuntu 14.04, I've installed cifs-utils and changed the fstab line to be as following:

//servername/uni-user /home/myusername/sharedfolder cifs noauto,username=uni-user,user,rw 0 0

Now when I write mount folder, it says timeout error. My question is, is there anything else I should change in the fstab line other than the name of the mounting utility? Are the parameters at the end of the line still relevant between smbfs and cifs?

I've tried mounting using the command:

/home/myusername/sharedfolder
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    That is not a command, it's a directory. What is the servername? Is it an IP or a name? Does it contain spaces? Is the server accessible from your home network? What happens if you ping servername? – terdon Jun 05 '14 at 13:54
  • Excuse the silly question, but you did not literally use "//servername/uni-user /home/myusername/sharedfolder" in the fstab file, did you? – Jacob Vlijm Jun 05 '14 at 14:12
  • @JacobVlijm, I am new to Lunix, but not that new to computers :) – Bishoy Jun 05 '14 at 14:49
  • @terdon it is a subdomain name, and it is pinging well. – Bishoy Jun 05 '14 at 14:50
  • @Bishoy so it was a silly question ;) – Jacob Vlijm Jun 05 '14 at 14:57
  • don't worry @JacobVlijm, I will soon do something silly like that as a newbie, you just didn't bust me this time :) – Bishoy Jun 05 '14 at 14:59

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i use this for my part, in fstab:

//192.168.1.2/Series /home/user/Series cifs _netdev,credentials=/home/user/.smbcredentials     0     0

with this in smbcredentials

username=admin
password=passeadmin
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  • so you suggest I replace noauto,username=myuser,rw 00 by _netdev,credentials=/home/user.myuser 0 0? I will try that, can you explain what those params mean? sorry I am totally new to that world. – Bishoy Jun 05 '14 at 13:56
  • It is working now after this change, but now I have a new issue, everything is done using root user and the files are not accessible for my normal user. And quick solution? otherwise I will start new question. – Bishoy Jun 05 '14 at 14:51
  • what kind of user did you put in smbcredentials ? – user3449429 Jun 05 '14 at 17:51