[Bug 1593398] Re: cifs-utils corrupt (Kubuntu 16.04)

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Reproduced it on another Kubuntu 16.04 install.

Trying to mount an fstab-mentioned share as mentioned before; not using
ip= or passwd=

This is the output in dmesg:

[25771.049320] FS-Cache: Netfs 'cifs' registered for caching
[25771.049481] Key type cifs.spnego registered
[25771.049497] Key type cifs.idmap registered
[25771.049954] Unable to determine destination address.

After reinstall: apt install --reinstall cifs-utils.

No dmesg output, the mount just succeeds.

The mount output had exited my buffer, So I copied it from
stackexchange:

"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on xxx.xxx.x.x:/share, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)  
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so."

That question also has people reporting the same thing:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/525243/why-do-i-get-wrong-fs-type-bad-
option-bad-superblock-error

One person mentions:

I had to reinstall cifs-utils on my system for some reason, it said it
was installed, but the file at /sbin/mount.cifs was missing. (May 25)

I hope this is enough now.

Regards.

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Title:
  cifs-utils corrupt (Kubuntu 16.04)

Status in cifs-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This isn't really a bug against ubiquity.

  It's just that on installs of Kubuntu 16.04, the package "cifs-utils"
  IS installed but it is borked.

  MAYBE I AM MISTAKEN AND IT IS JUST A VERSION DIFFERENCE.

  But after reinstalling, mount -t cifs works as normal, but before
  reinstalling, it requires full parameters.

  ie. after reinstall, it is sufficient to type : mount //host/share
  /mnt -t cifs -o username=bla

  before, it requires: IP, and password on options line. So although I
  cannot check now; it seems that there were files missing from that
  package that ought to be installed.

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