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CIFS (SMB) mounts to samba server

You need smbfs

 apt-get install smbfs

From Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) need to set uid for mount.cifs.

 sudo chmod +s `which mount.cifs`
 sudo chmod +s `which umount.cifs`

Make a directorie in your homedir. This wil be your CIFS mount point.

 cd ~
 mkdir servername 
 mkdir servername/yourmountdir
 mkdir scripts
 vi scripts/cifsmount

 -- begin cifsmount file --
 # all on one line
 #
 mount.cifs //servername/yourmountdir $HOME/servername/yourmountdir 
  -ocredentials=$HOME/scripts/.smbcredentials,owner,uid=$USERNAME,gid=$USERNA-ME
 -- end cifsmount file --

 chmod +x scripts/cifsmount

Make a file with samba credentials

 vi scripts/.smbcredentials

 -- begin scripts/.smbcredentials file --
 username=[username]
 password=[password]
 -- end scripts/.smbcredentials file --

 chmod 600 scripts/.smbcredentials

We want to run this every time we start a gnome-session. Goto System > Preferences > Sessions, and click on tab 'Startup Programs' adn on 'Add'.

 Name: cifsmount
 Command: /home/[username]/scripts/cifsmount

And click OK.

From now on "servername/yourmountdir" wil be mounted automaticly when you logon.

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