Mount SMB Shares in Ubuntu Linux

Mounting smb shares with no credentials

1. Install require packate:

sudo apt install cifs-utils 

2. Create folder to mount

sudo mkdir /media/plex

3. Mount smb share with non-credential access:

sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,vers=3.0,guest //192.168.1.5/share /media/plex

4. Remount on system reboot

sudo vi /etc/fstab 

Enter below value at the end of the line:

//192.168.1.5/share /media/plex  cifs  username=guest,password=,nofail,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target,x-systemd.device-timeout=1  0  0

Mounting smb shares with credentials

Follow step 1 and 2 from above.

1. Create credential file

vi /root/.mysmbcreds 

Enter values as shown in below example:

username=johnsmith
password=mysupersecretpassword

2. Mount smb share with credentials:

sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,vers=3.0,credentials=/root/.mysmbcreds //192.168.1.5/share /media/plex 

3. Remount on system reboot

sudo vi /etc/fstab 

Enter below value at the end of the line:

//192.168.1.5/share /media/plex cifs  credentials=/root/.mysmbcreds,nofail,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target,x-systemd.device-timeout=1  0  0