Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 16.04.2: If cifs-utils is not installed the following command gives error messages making no sense:
sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=~/.credentials //192.168.1.2/austausch /media/austausch The message is: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //192.168.1.2/austausch, 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. The dmesg output is: [2408337.346794] CIFS VFS: No username specified But the username is specified in .credentials. It should better say: "cifs-utils needed, but not installed - Install it now? [Y/n]" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: mount 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-81.104-generic 4.4.67 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-81-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jun 29 13:25:41 2017 SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701242 Title: misleading error message if cifs-utils not installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1701242/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs