Samba - Fstab

Install cifs-utils:

sudo apt install cifs-utils

Create mountpoints:

mkdir /shares/downloads

Create a credentials file:

vim /home/tim/.smb

With contents like this

user=tim

password=mySecretPassword

domain=myDomain

Secure file

chmod 0600 /home/tim/.smb

Edit /etc/fstab:

//fs/tim /shares/tim cifs uid=tim,gid=timmy,credentials=/home/tim/.smb,iocharset=utf8,noperm 0 0

Manually mount the share for testing:

sudo mount -av

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