Re: fstab syntax question

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 06/01/16 12:25 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:
> I have two things that need to go into /etc/fstab. One's a network
> share with a username and password. The other is a Windows share which
> is public, no username and password for that one. Both shares will
> bmnounted on the Debian system read-only. I know how to do this with
> mount and the -t switch, and the options for the -o switch to make
> them read-only and provide a username and password. What I don't know
> is what is supposed to go into fstab. I've tried a few different
> syntaxes, but so far none have worked. The networked drive is called
> //DISKSTATION1/BigVol1. The Windows share is //box1/e (drive "E:" on
> the system calling itself `box1'.
>
> Thanks in advance.

the lines are almost identical to the mount command.
<share to be mounted> <mount point> <file system> <options> 0 0

for options you probably need ro,username=<whatever>,password=<whatever> 
for the one that needs the username and password. For the other, ro is 
probably sufficient.