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How To: Auto Mount Samba Shares on Boot ( GVFS Method )

Postby altair4 on Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:21 pm
Auto Mount Samba Shares on Boot ( GVFS Method )

Updated to include Mint Debian Changes

Prerequisites

This HowTo assumes you can connect to a remote share from Nautilus. If you cannot, this HowTo will not help you. If you have problems connecting to a remote share manually I suggest you post a separate topic asking for help.

Linux Mint Debian Edition Prerequisites

You need to install one package:

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    sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse


You need to add yourself to the fuse group:

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    sudo gpasswd -a your_user_name fuse


You need to logoff and login again for the group to actually change.


GVFS

When you use Nautilus to access a samba share manually you may not know that Nautilus actually creates a mount point. The problem is it's in a hidden directory. You have to enable Nautilus to "see" that directory by going to:
Nautilus > Edit > Preferences > View > Show hidden and backup files.
The mount point is at :
/home/your_user_name/.gvfs ( note the "." in front of the gvfs - that indicates a hidden directory )


Procedure

Step 1: Connect to the Server from Nautilus

Nautilus > Network > Workgroup > Machine > Share

If the server requires authentication then enter it and click on the "remember forever" option before entering "Connect"
Once you have successfully connected go back and unmount the remote share.

Step 2: Connect from the terminal

Open Terminal
Type gvfs-mount smb://Server/share_name
Substitute the actual "Server" and "Share_name" for the ones above

The "Server" in that command can take many forms, for example:
gvfs-mount smb://WinXP/share_name
gvfs-mount smb://WinXP.local/share_name
gvfs-mount smb://192.168.0.100/share_name
The last one is by ip address of the server which is the most reliable method.

Make sure this remounts the remote share to /home/user_name/.gvfs without prompting for authentication.

Step 3: Create a script that will automate this process and place it in the Autostart folder:

Open Terminal
Type gedit
Enter the following:

#!/bin/sh
while true
   do
      if initctl status nmbd|grep -c running
      then
      gvfs-mount smb://Server/share_name
      exit 0
      fi
      sleep 5
   done

Again, Substitute the actual "Server" and "Share_name" for the ones above

Save the file as, for example: /home/user_name/share_name_mount.sh
Exit gedit
Back in the terminal make the script executable by issuing the command:
chmod +x /home/user_name/share_name_mount.sh

Go to Menu > Preferences > Startup Applications > Add > point it to /home/user_name/share_name_mount.sh.

Logoff and logon again and you should have your share mounted to /home/user_name/.gvfs/ automatically ( assuming the server is running ) and you should have a mount icon on your desktop.


Issues

[]Your Specific Application Cannot Access The Hidden Mount Point

One way around this is to create a symlink to the .gvfs folder. For example:

Open Terminal
Type mkdir /home/your_user_name/LanShare
Type ln -s /home/your_user_name/.gvfs/"share_name on host_name" /home/your_user_name/LanShare


Another way to do this is to create a bookmark to the .gvfs folder so that is shows up in the Open and Save boxes:

Run the following command:

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    nautilus $HOME/.gvfs


*** Bookmark that location: Bookmarks > Add Bookmark
*** Right click the resulting ".gvfs" bookmark > Rename and rename to LanShares for example. It should then be visible in your application as LanShares.

[]Multiple Samba Shares.

If you have many shares you want to automount you may be tempted to create one script with many gvfs-mount lines in them.
I would advise against that. I have found that if one of them fails, all subsequent lines will not be executed. What I do is simply create a separate script for each share I want to mount.