[ubuntu-studio-users] Mounting SMB shares from Ubuntu Studio 18.04

[Mike Squires]

The /etc/fstab entry that I used with previous versions doesn't work 
with 18.04.  The following procedure did:

(1)    Create mount point; I used /media/<server>/<smb share>

(2)    chmod 755 <your Ubuntu UID>:<your Ubuntu GID> 
</media/<server>/<smb share>

(3)    Create a file in your home directory called ".smbcredentials".  
Put the following in it:

         username=<your SMB server user name>

         password=<your SMB server password>

         (In my case the Ubuntu and SMB server user name and SMB 
passwords are the same; I also have same UID and GID on the Ubuntu 
server as on the FreeBSD server hosting the SMB shares.  Your case may vary)

         Run "chmod 600 ./.smbcredentials to close access to others.

(4)    For each share, add the following to the /etc/fstab file:

//<SMB server IP address>/<smb share> /media/<server>/smb share> cifs 
credentials=/home/<your Ubuntu user name>/.smbcredentials,uid=<your UID 
on the SMB server>,gid=<your GID on the SMB 
server>,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm,vers=1.0 0 0

Note that this assumes your server can support NTLM v 1.0 authentication 
which, if my memory serves me correctly, is not true for recent MS 
Windows SMB implementations and may not be turned on for recent Samba 
installations.  However, not using "vers=1.0" didn't work.

(5)    Run "sudo mount -a" to check your /etc/fstab file and correct 
errors, if any.

There must be a better way of doing this but I haven't found it, yet.  
I'm obviously more familiar with the UN*X side than the Ubuntu side so 
if there are errors here, please correct.

I've found Ubuntu Studio to be blazingly fast on my HP Envy 17T 
notebook, and the apps have been more reliable than similar or the same 
app on my desktop (dual boots MS Windows 7 Enterprise and Ubuntu 
Studio).  The only app I really need for which there isn't a real 
replacement for me is Sibelius 8 with the AudioScore and PhotoScore 
options; I am trying to see if I can run them in a "xen" instance.

Mike Squires