View source for Linux - AutoMounting the stock network shares


Automatically mounting directories on an as-needed basis... See [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs Autofs]
<pre>sudo apt-get install autofs</pre>

=== /etc/auto.sambashares ===
<blockquote>
Video -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.10/Video<br/> TGG -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,guest,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.10/TGG<br/> Music -fstype=cifs,rw,username=tinker,password=0Defect,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.10/Music<br/> Library -fstype=cifs,rw,username=tinker,password=0Defect,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.10/Library<br/> Workspace -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.90/Workspace<br/> Web -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.13/websites<br/> Lennier -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.11/External<br/> Draal -fstype=cifs,rw,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8&nbsp;://192.168.0.10/Draal Stuff
</blockquote> 
/etc/auto.master
<blockquote>
/mnt/Samba /etc/auto.sambashares --timeout=30 --ghost<br/> ######+auto.master
</blockquote> 
(Basically replace the last line)

=== Refreshing the shares after changes ===

Mint 17: (5.0.7-1ubuntu3.2)
<pre>sudo reload autofs</pre>

Mint 18: (5.1.1-1ubuntu3.1)
<pre>sudo /etc/init.d/autofs restart</pre>