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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @IRJ
      last edited by

      @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

      @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

      @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

      @Dashrender said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

      I don't know schit about using Linux - but isn't there a way to automount partitions? wouldn't you use that same mechanism to mount SMB shares at boot? or a logon script for your user account that does it when you log in?

      I dont want automount because I jump networks alot. One thing I have noticed is that if you dont properly disconnect shares, it can cause longer load times in File Manger. I also dont use SMB shares but a few times throughout the day. I would rather just bring them up on demand.

      So why not script the shares for any given site, and when you're on-site and need those shares you simply run the bash script.

      @travisdh1 posted something that would work well for that.

      Yep. I like his idea. I was just replying in order 🙂

      So was I, you just rapid fire responded. 🙂

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
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        Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
        Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
        With this content

        username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

        Create a folder to mount the share to

        mkdir /home/user/mountfolder

        Put this line in /etc/fstab

        //192.168.1.1/share    /home/user/mountfolder    cifs    defaults,credentials=/home/user/.config/smb_creds,users,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000    0    0

        Reboot.

        had to google the fstab bit couldn't remember the syntax, so might be off, but should be close.

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        • IRJI
          IRJ @JaredBusch
          last edited by

          @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

          Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
          Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
          With this content

          username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

          Can I store domain there as well?

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
            last edited by

            @JaredBusch Isn't that automounting?

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @IRJ
              last edited by

              @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

              @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

              Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
              Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
              With this content

              username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

              Can I store domain there as well?

              You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                @JaredBusch Isn't that automounting?

                Yes, but I was typign all that when from before @travisdh1's reply.

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                  @JaredBusch Isn't that automounting?

                  I really like the idea of cred file. That would make things easy.

                  Instead of autoconfig, I would like a script that I could use for connecting that breaks connection at reboot

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                    @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                    @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                    Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
                    Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
                    With this content

                    username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

                    Can I store domain there as well?

                    You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

                    ok. That is easy enough.

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @IRJ
                      last edited by travisdh1

                      @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                      @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                      @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                      Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
                      Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
                      With this content

                      username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

                      Can I store domain there as well?

                      You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

                      ok. That is easy enough.

                      I'd make another script to unmount the shares when your done with them as well.

                      #!/bin/bash
umount /mount/point
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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @IRJ
                        last edited by

                        @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                        @JaredBusch Isn't that automounting?

                        I really like the idea of cred file. That would make things easy.

                        Instead of autoconfig, I would like a script that I could use for connecting that breaks connection at reboot

                        You still should dismount the share (in a normal circumstance), but at least the approach @travisdh1 posted won't automount.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @IRJ
                          last edited by

                          @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                          @JaredBusch Isn't that automounting?

                          I really like the idea of cred file. That would make things easy.

                          Instead of autoconfig, I would like a script that I could use for connecting that breaks connection at reboot

                          Combine the two suggestions.

                          Don't use fstab, use the mount. But don't prompt for the user/pass, read it from a config file.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @travisdh1
                            last edited by

                            @travisdh1 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                            @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                            @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                            @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                            Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
                            Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
                            With this content

                            username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

                            Can I store domain there as well?

                            You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

                            ok. That is easy enough.

                            I'd make another script to unmount the shares when your done with them as well.

                            #!/bin/bash
unmount /mount/point

                            Might make that one big general dismount for all of the shares you might even use. Rather than a script per SMB server.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                              @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                              @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                              Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
                              Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
                              With this content

                              username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

                              Can I store domain there as well?

                              You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

                              or domain\username depending on what type of domain you're connecting to.

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                @travisdh1 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                @IRJ said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                @JaredBusch said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                Put your username and password in a text file in your hidden /home/user/.config folder.
                                Create this file /home/user/.config/smb_creds
                                With this content

                                username=SMBUser
password=SMBPassword

                                Can I store domain there as well?

                                You'd just enter the username as domain@user iirc

                                ok. That is easy enough.

                                I'd make another script to unmount the shares when your done with them as well.

                                #!/bin/bash
unmount /mount/point

                                Might make that one big general dismount for all of the shares you might even use. Rather than a script per SMB server.

                                I don't like unmounting multiple things with a single command. I've been burned by unmounting important things in the past.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                    On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

                                    I know of no one who changes domain passwords that frequently - thank the maker. EHR passwords - that's another story.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                      On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

                                      I know of no one who changes domain passwords that frequently - thank the maker. EHR passwords - that's another story.

                                      You know me 🙂

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                                      • travisdh1T
                                        travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                        On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

                                        That's why I suggested prompting for the password in that sample script.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @travisdh1
                                          last edited by

                                          @travisdh1 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                          On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

                                          That's why I suggested prompting for the password in that sample script.

                                          Would you manually set the username instead though? (because users)

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                            @Dashrender said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Looking for an effective way to quickly access SMB shares from Fedora:

                                            On a side question, how do you guys deal with password changes and SMB shares that get mounted like this? Seems like it would be a pain in the rear to have to go and constantly update several files with new passwords every 90 days or so.

                                            I know of no one who changes domain passwords that frequently - thank the maker. EHR passwords - that's another story.

                                            You know me 🙂

                                            WTH are you doing that to your users?

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