Fstab entry for cifs

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Can anyone give me an fstab entry for using cifs?

I can mount from the command line but my fstab entry doesn't work.

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//192.168.1.1/Share /mnt/Share cifs username=user,password=mypass 0 0
or possibly
//192.168.1.1/Share /mnt/Share cifs uid=0,gid=0,username=user,password=mypass 0 0

I haven't actually tried them on OpenWRT, but I figured it's better than getting no answer.

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I tried adding a line to /etc/config/fstab

//192.168.2.247/Teratwo /mnt/Teratwo cifs user=###,password=###,uid=223,gid=223,forceuid,forcegid

But when I do "block mount" I get the error:

block: unable to load configuration (fstab: Parse error (invalid command) at line 9, byte 0)
block: no usable configuration

The manual mount command works fine:

mount -t cifs //192.168.2.247/Teratwo /mnt/Teratwo -o user=###,password=####,uid=$(id -u transmission),gid=$(id -g transmission)

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The syntax for /etc/config/fstab is not the same as for /etc/fstab.

This will definitely not work in /etc/config/fstab! You must add this line to /etc/fstab.

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Thanks. I removed that line from /etc/config/fstab and added it to /etc/fstab but it's still not showing up after I mount -a or block mount

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Try this way:

Otherwise use /etc/rc.local.

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I put the mount command in /etc/rc.local. The link you have is a little too much for my expertise / desires. Thanks

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Any error messages after these commands?

The mount command reads /etc/fstab (not /etc/config/fstab). For the syntax of /etc/fstab see man fstab.

The block command reads /etc/config/fstab (not /etc/fstab).

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