Mounting a CIFS share through vfstab in OpenSolaris

Question

I'm trying to set up a CIFS share that will mount automatically on my OpenSolaris server. It seems like it would be simple enough, but there's something wrong in my syntax that's preventing it from mounting.

The line in /etc/vfstab looks like:

//user:password@192.168.2.1/data      -       /mount_point   smbfs   -       yes     -

However, when I try to mount it using mount /mount_point I get an error message:

mount: Mount point cannot be determined

I've scoured the man pages and the net, but I can't see what I am doing wrong.

Edit: I do have the svc:/network/smb/client service started, and I am able to mount the volume manually using mount -F smbfs ...., but so far no luck with either vfstab or autofs.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 02 '12 at 05:58

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I don't think vfstab supports CIFS shares. You should be using automounter instead: How to Add an Automounter Entry for a CIFS Share

edited Sep 02 '12 at 05:58

alanc

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answered Jun 25 '09 at 11:48

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According to man 1 mount_smbfs, it should be mountable through vfstab. In any case, I tried it through the automounter as well but it seems to just stall when trying to access the automount location. And again, mounting manually works just fine. – Kamil Kisiel Jul 02 '09 at 23:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '09 at 19:21

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You can use cifs mounts in /etc/vfstab - read about it in the mount_smbfs manual page.

Have you started the samba client?

svcadm enable smb/client

answered Jun 25 '09 at 19:21

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Yes it is enabled and I can mount the volume manually. I updated the question with more details. – Kamil Kisiel Jun 29 '09 at 18:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '09 at 13:54

You might try setting up a .nsmbrc file. I abandoned using OSOL as my desktop OS before I got it resolved, but I think there's a bug in using Automounter + CIFS : here's my post to the osol forums: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=398091

Now for the easy things, sorry, they have to be asked:

/mount_point actually exists, right?
Solaris' mount command and bash completion don't play nice together. If I run:
```
mount /mount_point
```
on a normal mount, it works fine, but if I add the trailing slash that tab-completion adds for me, it reports the same error:
```
mount /mount_point/
```

Ah, you are correct! I didn't catch that before. However, now I get "device busy" instead. Hmm — Kamil Kisiel, Aug 11 '09 at 16:07

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '13 at 18:59

CIFS does work in /etc/vfstab on OpenIndiana, I've just done it. This is the correct line to get it to work. Also check your /mountpoint is correct. The fileperms, dirperms are just an example of options.

The correct line is:

//WORKGROUP;username:password@host/share    -   /mountpoint smbfs   -   no  fileperms=0777,dirperms=0777

Mounting a CIFS share through vfstab in OpenSolaris

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