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            <h1>Persistently Mount a SAMBA/CIFS Share in Linux</h1>
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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in terminal:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install cifs utilities<br />
	sudo apt install cifs-utils -y<br />
	# create a hidden smb credentials file<br />
	nano ~/.myshare.smb</div>
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	<li>Paste the following into the .smb, updating the credentials as needed to authenticate to the share
	<p>user=LinuxShare<br />
	password=SomethingSecure!!<br />
	domain=i12bretro.local</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands in the terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># create a folder in /media to mount the share<br />
	sudo mkdir /media/myshare -p<br />
	# edit the fstab file<br />
	sudo nano /etc/fstab</div>
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	<li>Add a line to the bottom of fstab with the following, updating the server, share and host file location as needed<br />
	NOTE: fstab entries are formatted as //&lt;%server%&gt;/&lt;%share%&gt; &lt;%mount location%&gt; &lt;%filesystem type%&gt; &lt;%mount options%&gt;
	<p># windows share on i12bretrodc<br />
	//i12bretrodc/myshare /media/myshare cifs uid=0,credentials=/home/i12bretro/.myshare.smb,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.0,noperm 0 0</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands in the terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># remount filesystems listed in fstab<br />
	sudo mount -a<br />
	# change directory to the share mount point<br />
	cd /media/myshare<br />
	# reboot to test the share is mounted on started<br />
	sudo reboot now</div>
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<p>Documentation: <a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.8.html" target="_blank">https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.8.html</a></p>          </div>
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