How do I add an entry in /etc/fstab for a windows share?

Question

I want to be able to mount our file server's file share (on a Mac OS X server, shared via AFP and Windows File Sharing) on my Ubuntu 10.10 linux laptop. I want to be able to mount it as my normal user, and be prompted for the password each time. What do I add to /etc/fstab to make this happen? I know I did it before, but I forgot how now.

EDIT: The share in question is called "G4 320", and I am trying the following line in fstab:

//server_ip/G4\040320    /media/G4/    cifs    user,username=something    0    0

But I'm getting the following via dmesg:

CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6

EDIT2:

As requested, more debug info. Output of dmesg with my fstab line:

[151994.740138] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6
[152007.760136] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6
[152132.770147] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6
[152221.700152] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6
[152245.340132] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6

Output of dmesg with the credentials line from Michael:

[153117.088656] CIFS VFS: No username specified
[153117.088668] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22
[153164.358300] CIFS VFS: No username specified
[153164.358312] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22

/var/log/messages seems to have no useful information.

EDIT3: OK. Thanks again to Michael I almost have it! If I put the following in /etc/fstab then it works:

//10.1.0.15/G4\040320H  /media/G4       cifs    user=AzureDiamond,password=hunter2       0       0

However:

1. I do not want my password in there...
2. I now need to use sudo to mount the share.

How can I resolve those two issues?

Answer 1

The line in /etc/fstab I eventually used was:

//10.1.0.15/G4\040320H   /media/G4   cifs   username=master,user   0   0

What solved the issue of not being prompted for the password as well as credentials= not working was installing mount.cifs via:

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

Just like Michael Mrozek I assumed I had mount.cifs installed or else I wouldn't be able to mount CIFS shares, but apparently the kernel will use it's own internal code to mount unless it finds mount.cifs

Answer 2

The filesystem is the Windows shared path, and the type is CIFS:

//file-server/ShareName /mnt/file-server-share cifs options 0 0

options can be all the usual mount options. You probably need to provide some sort of credentials; you can provide user and password options, or use credentials=/path/to/credentials/file and store username=... and password=... lines in that file (keep in mind that /etc/fstab is world-readable)