Mount folder from one Ubuntu box on another.

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Afterwards, I realized I sent this to the wrong address...

On 05/08/2013 04:08 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
 >      Yes, I can find ways to do this but..
 > Which is the better method (easiest to setup, best performing) for
 > mounting (and auto-mounting at boot time) a folder form Ubuntu on
 > another Ubuntu PC. GB LAN connecting them. SMB or NFS? I'll ned it to
 > work at the command line as well, have some symlinks to do.
 >
Tried setting up a SMB mount, using info here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently

Specifically:
Using a text editor, create a file for your remote servers logon credential:

gedit ~/.smbcredentials

Enter your Windows username and password in the file:

username=msusername
password=mspassword

Save the file, exit the editor.

Change the permissions of the file to prevent unwanted access to your 
credentials:

chmod 600 ~/.smbcredentials

Then edit your /etc/fstab file (with root privileges) to add this line 
(replacing the insecure line in the example above, if you added it):

//servername/sharename /media/windowsshare cifs 
credentials=/home/ubuntuusername/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0

Save the file, exit the editor.

Finally, test the fstab entry by issuing:

sudo mount -a

If there are no errors, you should test how it works after a reboot. 
Your remote share should mount automatically.

And I get:
:~$ sudo mount -a
[sudo] password for d:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //dw49-ubuntu64/shared,
        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

Yes a Mac & Win box can mount the share fine...

Pointers & suggestions welcomed...

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