Problem still exists in 14.04 The 'mount' command does not recognize the 'credentials' keyword used when '-t cifs' is used.
However: * With or without the 'cifs-utils' packageinstalled, the 'mount' command *does* recognize the keywords 'username' and 'password" and passes it to the appropriate module; * If the package 'cifs-utils' is installed, the 'credentials' keyword is recognized by 'mount' and the remote point is properly mounted. Hope this helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/594420 Title: The mount command in Ubuntu 10.04 does not recognize the credentials keyword for cifs filesystems in the /etc/fstab file Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: util-linux I had altered the /etc/fstab to automount some samba shares at bootup. I had set up a credentials file with the username and password in each users account. This worked fine in Ubuntu 9.10, but has not worked since I upgraded to 10.04. I believe the problem is that the mount command in 10.04 does not recognize the credentials keyword. For example, with the following line in my /etc/fstab file: //192.168.0.110/user1 /home/user1/Network cifs credentials=/home/user1/.smbcredentials 0 0 and the following .smbcredentials file in /home/user1: username=user1 password=password1 I get the following error on issuing a mount -a command: user1@User1-Laptop:~$ sudo mount -a mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //192.168.0.110/user1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so Altering the /etc/fstab file to the following works perfectly: //192.168.0.110/user1 /home/user1/Network cifs username=user1, password=password1 0 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Jun 14 21:44:45 2010 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: util-linux To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/594420/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp