Mount samba shares with utf8 encoding using cifs

[dmizer]

That did the trick, you are my hero!

Nowhere in my research did I find that spaces could cause this issue, though I had a sneaking suspicion it had to be that since 'no such device or address' kept hinting at me that it was something like that.

Thanks so much for the easy-to-follow walkthrough and your help! I can't wait to hit up amarok now.

J.

Fantastic!

Easiest fix I've had all day.

[Squizzle]

Just followed your permanent mount method, perfect, exactly what I needed to have my networked music in Amarok, thanks so much

[TTTamer]

thanks a lot dmizer!!!!! Finally get my vista files!!!

[Covn]

Im getting the same error as some has reported as well. This is my fstab:

//fredrik/Downloads    /media/fileserver        cifs    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

and this is the error it produces:

mount error 13 = Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

For reference, I made a useraccount in Vista with ubuntu/ubuntu as username/password.

.smbcredentials:

username=ubuntu
password=ubuntu

Thanks.

Edit: I used a manual mount command instead of fstab now, and it worked. strange.

sudo mount -t cifs //fredrik/Downloads /media/fileserver -o username=ubuntu,password=ubuntu,iocharset=utf8,fil e_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

[dmizer]

Does "ubuntu" have permission to view the vista shares on vista?

Have you tried:

sudo aptitude install smbfs

That's been the most common fix for this error.

[Covn]

Does "ubuntu" have permission to view the vista shares on vista?

Have you tried:

sudo aptitude install smbfs

That's been the most common fix for this error.

the user ubuntu got the permissions set. I did try sudo aptitude install smbfs.

[dmizer]

Okay, please post your fstab line, as well as the output of:

smbtree

[Covn]

Fstab:

//fredrik/Downloads    /media/fileserver        cifs    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0[/codesfredrik@fredrik-laptop:~$ smbtree

smbtree:

Password: 
	\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP 		fredrik-laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu)
		\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP\Epson          	Printer i annen etasje
		\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP\PDF            	PDF
		\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP\Stylus_Photo_R200	EPSON Stylus Photo R200
		\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP\IPC$           	IPC Service (fredrik-laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu))
		\\FREDRIK-LAPTOP\print$         	Printer Drivers
	\\FREDRIK

[mentose457]

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu so yes, i am stupid and i dont know what im doing. Anyway i am having some problems getting my network setup. I followed all of the steps in your post but had some spelling errors (i could be the worlds worst speller). so when i type "sudo mount -a" i get the following error:

brent@brent-laptop:~$ sudo mount -a
mount error: can not change directory into mount target /media/C

What does that mean and how can i fix it? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

[dmizer]

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu so yes, i am stupid and i dont know what im doing. Anyway i am having some problems getting my network setup. I followed all of the steps in your post but had some spelling errors (i could be the worlds worst speller). so when i type "sudo mount -a" i get the following error:

brent@brent-laptop:~$ sudo mount -a
mount error: can not change directory into mount target /media/C

What does that mean and how can i fix it? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Please post the output of:

ls /media