mount-smb-share.md

Mount SMB Share in Debian

sudo apt install cifs-utils

sudo mkdir /mnt/linux

Add the following content to /root/.smbcredentials:

username=samba_username
password=samba_password

Try to Mount with a One-Time Command

sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dir_mode=0775,file_mode=0775,uid=1000,gid=1000 //fileserver.example.co.uk/linux /mnt/linux

Config	Description
x-systemd.automount	Automatically remounts the CIFS share in case the NAS went offline for some time.
noatime	Access timestamps are not updated when a file/folder is read.

Make the Mount Permanent

Add the following line to /etc/fstab:

//fileserver.example.co.uk/linux /mnt/linux-share cifs rw,x-systemd.automount,noatime,credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dir_mode=0775,file_mode=0775,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

systemd will create mount units in /run/systemd/generator/ from /etc/fstab on boot.

Reload mount unit

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Mount All Filesystems Mentioned in fstab

sudo mount -a

Make a service wait for mount

Check service status & service file location

systemctl status <service-name>

Modify /lib/systemd/system/<service-name>.service, add:

[Unit]
RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/path

Reload systemd daemon

systemctl daemon-reload

Refer

• https://www.reddit.com/r/systemd/comments/1bh2k5c/how_do_i_make_systemd_wait_until_an_nfs_volume_is/
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/876733/where-are-the-systemd-units-services-located-in-ubuntu