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How to automatically mount a network Samba share on Arch Linux!
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How to automatically mount a network Samba share on Arch Linux!

  1. Install the cifs-utils package: sudo pacman –S cifs-utils.
  2. Make a mount folder for the SMB share: sudo mkdir /mnt/<Path>.
  3. Create a backup of the fstab file (just in case): sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup.
  4. Open the fstab file in your favorite editor: sudo vim /etc/fstab.
  5. Add the mount line: //<Server_address>/<Server_share_and_internal_path> /mnt/<Path> cifs username=<Server_user>,pass=<Server_password> 0 0.
  1. Save the file.
  2. Reload fstab: sudo mount -av.
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noawe-boi commented Aug 16, 2024

Bro literally have my kids

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Etm571 commented Nov 23, 2024

good

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TheLeGare commented May 6, 2025 •
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Thanks for this!

I ran into an issue with the drive being Read Only so I wanted to share the solution I found in case anyone else has the same issue. I was able to fix it by adding 'rw' and 'uid=1000,gid=1000' to the mount line. The updated line looked like this
//<Server_address>/<Server_share_and_internal_path> /mnt/<Path> cifs username=<Server_user>,pass=<Server_password>,rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

The rw term was the key, it seems self explanatory but it was the hardest to figure out since it took a while to find a post that mentioned it. (I wasn't able to go back and find it at the time of writing or I'd link it.) The uid and gid are for getting permissions to work with a Windows file system from what I understand.

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ErykDarnowski commented May 7, 2025

Thanks for this!

I ran into an issue with the drive being Read Only so I wanted to share the solution I found in case anyone else has the same issue. I was able to fix it by adding 'rw' and 'uid=1000,gid=1000' to the mount line. The updated line looked like this //<Server_address>/<Server_share_and_internal_path> /mnt/<Path> cifs username=<Server_user>,pass=<Server_password>,rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

The rw term was the key, it seems self explanatory but it was the hardest to figure out since it took a while to find a post that mentioned it. (I wasn't able to go back and find it at the time of writing or I'd link it.) The uid and gid are for getting permissions to work with a Windows file system from what I understand.

That's awesome, thanks for sharing!

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Absolemo commented Jul 16, 2025

Wow on this way i would like to thank you very much. Now many problems have disappeared for me. I could not access my server in the past, you have provided clarity thanks.
Also i would like to thank TheLeGare for the tip with rw. I also got into problems where i could only read my files. Thanks for the Tipps!

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fuste-r commented Oct 23, 2025

This worked for me perfectly, thank you. I paired this with smbclient -L <IP_ADDRESS> -U <USERNAME> to see available mounts as well

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