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SMB/samba Cheat Sheet
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Mount SMB share as non-root user with write permissions

sudo mount -t cifs -o "uid=$local_user,username=$smb_user,addr=$host,vers=1.0" //$host/$share $mount_path

Note

vers=1.0 only applies because I have a very old NAS running SMB 1.0.
Yes, it's insecure. No, it can't be updated. Yes, it's in the process of being retired.

For errors:

  • mount: $mount_path: cannot mount //$host/$share read-only
  • mount: $mount_path: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program.

Install cifs-utils:

sudo apt install cifs-utils
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