Automatically mount

Edit the /etc/fstab file

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sudo vim /etc/fstab

//xxx.xx.xx.xx/FileStorage /mnt/smb cifs credentials=/home/[user_name]/smbcredentials,vers=3.1.1,x-systemd.automount,_netdev 0 0

Modify the permission of the credential file

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sudo chmod 600 /home/[user_name]/smbcredentials

Check whether the mount-point is available or not

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sudo cat /etc/mtab | grep cifs

Remove all existing mount-record

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sudo umount -l /mnt/smb

Remount

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sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo mount -a

Confirm the mount result

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df -hT

user@localhost:~$ df -hT
Filesystem                  Type   Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                       tmpfs   13G  4.6M   13G   1% /run
/dev/sdc4                   ext4   5.2T  2.0T  3.1T  39% /
tmpfs                       tmpfs   63G  4.0K   63G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                       tmpfs  5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
/dev/sdc2                   ext4   974M  245M  663M  27% /boot
/dev/sdc1                   vfat   1.1G  6.1M  1.1G   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs                       tmpfs   13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/1000
//xxx.xx.xx.xx/FileStorage cifs   2.5T  2.4T  151G  95% /mnt/smb