Re: fstab syntax question
Thanks Gary. I was overdoing it (as usual). I put in things like the
`-t' in front of `cifs' and the `-o' in front of the options list. All
fixed now.
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 13:13:31 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
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