mounting local network folder in Ubuntu

Question

I add a folder in /etc/fstab:

//172.30.12.37/test/ /home/my/test cifs user=afs,pass=123456,auto,exec,umask=002,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

Now test link can be seen in nautilus sidebar. But when I click on this icon, an error will be displayed:

mount: only root can mount //172.30.12.37/test/ on /home/my/test

How I can mount this folder from terminal with root user?

sudo mount ssh://172.30.12.37/afs/ /home/my/afs37/‍‍ And result: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on ssh://172.30.12.37/afs
mount 172.30.12.37/test /home/my/afs37/ >>> result >>> mount: special device 172.30.12.37/test does not exist
@chalist Shouldn't it be sudo mount -t cifs //172.30.12.37/test /home/my/afs37/?

dastergon · Answer 1 · 2012-12-27 09:29:24Z

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Try adding the user option in your opts at /etc/fstab.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 9:29

dastergon
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Martín Canaval · Answer 2 · 2013-01-26 20:09:43Z

You have more options:

replace user asf and its pass with root and root password, if you have any. Since you are on Ubuntu, it's not trivial.
add rights to user "asf", allow him to mount as root. Create one file in /etc/sudoers.d/ as root, named i.e. asf-mount, and with the following one line content:
```
asf ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/mount
```

Also change the access rights of this file to read-only: sudo chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/asf-mount, and logout and login again with user asf.

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