Problem with cifs-util. Mount: only root can mount

mount permissions samba fstab cifs

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Solution 1

Just add users in /etc/fstab like that:

//192.168.0.72/Triple_RDF /media/Triple cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm,users 0 0

Normally, only the superuser can mount filesystems. However, when fstab contains the user option on a line, anybody can mount the corresponding system.

Or if you want any user to mount/unmount the drives use users instead.

Solution 2

I solved the same problem by adding the UID info as an admin user from my Linux machine, so my /etc/fstab line now looks like this:

//192.168.1.X/Multimedia /media/dungeonmultimedia cifs uid=[linuxadminuser],username=[nasadminuser],password=[nasadminpass] 0 0

Solution 3

Actually the problem was that I hadn't restarted the system, so I had mounted nothing.

Restarting the system or just forcing the mount everything works perfectly. I've just typed:

sudo mount -a

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user2635652

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

user2635652 over 1 year
i'm trying to use cifs-utils to get files in another machine. In the other machine i've installed samba. Everything works fine if a try in the same machine (the one with samba) using cifs-util, but it doesn't if i try with another in the intranet. Here's what i've done:
1. i've installed cifs-util
2. i've added the following line to the /etc/fstab file:
```
//192.168.0.72/Triple_RDF /media/Triple cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0
```
3. i've created the .smbcredentials file typing:
```
gedit ~/.smbcredentials
```
  and adding the lines
```
username=[username]
password=[password]
```
  Of course i put my real username and password instead of [username] and [password].
4. then i changed the permits of the previous file typing:
```
chmod 600 ~/.smbcredentials
```
Since i'm using Ubuntu 14.04 it apppears an icon on the nautilius bar (the one on the left side), but when i click on it appens nothing. If i try to go inside of the "Triple" which now appears with my network resources the system says:
```
mount: only root can mount //192.168.0.72/Triple_RDF on /media/Triple.
```
I thought that may be it could be a problem of permits in the destination folder, /media/Triple. So i changed those. Here my ls -al output of the /media/Triple folder:
```
drwxrwxr-x 2 user group 4096
```
where instead of user and group i put the real ones.

Anybody knows which could be the problem ?

Answer: make sure you have installed cifs-utils and you have user in the fstab entry.
- guntbert about 9 years
  
  According to OP's answer I am voting to close this as "not reproducible".
Eliah Kagan over 9 years

I recommend expanding this answer (through editing) to explain how to do this, perhaps with an example fstab line based on what you use.
Fabby about 9 years

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your questions in the future... ;-)
Fabby over 8 years

You're welcome! 1 upvote = +10 rep! ;-)
Semo over 7 years

Why and what does it do, what you suggest here? Can you please elaborate? Thx
U2ros over 3 years

This worked for me when nothing else would. Cheers