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I've tried doing my due diligence and not posting something without putting a bit of research into, but I haven't been able to crack this (rather new to linux).

I'm trying to access files on my External HD which is connected to my Asus router. I've followed all the instructions on this post:

How do I access an external hard drive plugged into my router?

My /etc/fstab looks like:

//192.168.29.1/External_HD  /media/public  cifs  guest 0  0

However when I run:

mount -a

I get:

mount error(6): No such device or address

I know the share is up as I can access it from other computers (Mac & Windows) and I see the directories when I run

smbclient -L //192.168.29.1/External_HD -U guest

Any ideas on what's wrong in my /etc/fstab?

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    If the share is up it should be mounted. You can check with the findmnt-command. /etc/fstab has more than one line, it could be that another fstab-entry is faulty. – mook765 Mar 19 '17 at 05:57
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    Thanks I don't see the share when I run findmnt. I do see a new option nder Networks for "public" which points to the network share, but when I select it I get the error Unable to access public: mount: only root can mount //192.168.29.1/External_HD on /media/public – MatTtT Mar 19 '17 at 12:19
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    Does it help when you add the user-option to your fstab-line (see man fstab). Or try to mount with sudo mount -a – mook765 Mar 19 '17 at 16:47
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    Unfortunately not, I tried the user option and same result and I'm in a root terminal session vis sudo -s – MatTtT Mar 19 '17 at 18:39
  • Does "dmesg" have any hints from the CIFS module about what's happening? – jelmer Jun 13 '17 at 16:13

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Try something like this instead:

//NAME_OF_ROUTER/External_HD  /media/public  cifs  guest,ip=192.168.29.1 0  0
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