docs:unix:fstab [hartungdesign.net wiki]

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====== fstab ======
FIXME Right now this page was just thrown together to highlight some successes with smb mounting.

This page details the /etc/fstab file, which configures mounting points and options for various local and network devices.

===== example file =====
<code>
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda6       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda7       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
//bill/Backup_steph /media/Backup_steph smbfs users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=1000,username=steph,rw 0 0
</code>

* make sure the mount point exists prior to attempting to mount a device

^users   |allow normal users to mount (AND UNMOUNT!)|
^noauto  |do not automatically mount                |
^uid     |mount with permissions of this user id    |
^gid     |mount with permissions of this group id   |
^username|login using this username (samba specific)|
^rw      |mount with read/write privileges          |

===== samba specific information =====
To allow ordinary users to mount samba shares (not using built-in gui tools), make sure to do the following:
  * suid on smbmnt (not smbmount)<code>
sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmnt</code>