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I can add CIFS mounts manually using the  'mount -t cifs ...' command .. (via ssh)

But how do I make them permanent? They also have to be 'soft' mounts so that the box doesn't hang when the mount is not available.

I suppose fstab is not a great option.

Any input appreciated!

Thanks

Using the mount manager: menu - setup - system - expert settings - network - <select interface> - MountManager.

Thanks, but the mount manger hangs and it's awkward to key in my user credentials.

Maybe it's due to that I haveto use vers=2.0 on the cmd line. So would really prefer the cmd line

Also share browser hangs each time I select the W10 server.

As said I can mount fine from a shell

So no way doing it manually?

You can type "vers=2.0" in the mount options field, that is what it's there for.

And I didn't mean search, but just create the mount manually.

But if you want to use the commandline, what is stopping you?

Hi Yes, I'm using the cmd line and it works well. (to connect to W10 machine)

 mount -t cifs -o username=xxx,password=xxx,vers=2.0  //10.70.10.7/INCOMING /media/net/

I just was just wondering how to best set this mount permanently on boot.

I will also have 2nd look at the mount manger, but the network browser definitely looks up when trying to browse W10 shares.

Hi,

try it manually with a linux compatible editor as notepad++ in the file /etc/auto.net.

as example;

WZ-BOX_cifs	-fstype=cifs,rw,iocharset=utf8,user=root,pass=xxxxxxxx	://192.168.178.10/Internaldisk

but first you must set a password with telnet with the command passwd, here this works perfect i didn't use the networkbrowser (mountmanager) for that since a long time.

my example is a share to the harddisc from a second enigma2 box.

after you created a mount it's simplest you restart your box complete.

regards

Pike

Hello,

Thanks for that ..

Do I have to create /etc/auto.net ?

That file does not exists at the moment ..

if it doesn't exists, then yes, create it.

you can do it with telnet if you want;

touch /etc/auto.net

it didn't exists because your networkbrowser make problems if you want to create mounts with him.

 

But how do I make them permanent? They also have to be 'soft' mounts so that the box doesn't hang when the mount is not available.

and i forgot if you want not to use fstab so you need also autofs for that mount, but autofs is't on board out of the box.

you can install it with;

opkg update
opkg install autofs

i use autofs too since eternities.

regards

Pike