Ubuntu – Mount external Hard Drive with /etc/fstab on ubuntu 14.04 problems

14.04automountexternal-hddplex

I have been stuck for about two days trying to get this to work properly. I have done all of the following with still no luck.

I'm trying to auto permanently mount to a 2 TB Seagate Central that is on my network, using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop and I updated all cifs before starting.

I added the following line to /etc/fstab as root:

#Mapping network drive
//Ip-address/media/videos  /media/storage cifs username=username,password=password,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntl

I also swapped out the ip-address for its name as well. Since I know this is not the most secure way, but I'm the only one using this Ubuntu-Desktop
also tried the credentials document method without luck.

In the terminal:

sudo mount -a

mount error(22): Invaild argument
refer to mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

After seeing that I tried the following: 

sudo mount.cifs //Seagate-XXXXX/Media/videos /media/storage

I was then promoted for the password to the network storage and enter in correctly: 

Error:
mount error(115): operation now in progress  
Refer to mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

I got it to work one time, but i had to reinstall Ubuntu after that, and can't seem to get it back working.

I've looked up many different videos and forums and I'm doing this so I can set up my Plex server to see my media folder on a external hard drive.

I have red and watched the following links/videos to no avail [Please Help!]:

Best Answer

The first error you got is because there is no such thing as sec=ntl. The available options are (from man mount.cifs):

sec=

Security mode. Allowed values are:

  • none - attempt to connection as a null user (no name)

  • krb5 - Use Kerberos version 5 authentication

  • krb5i - Use Kerberos authentication and forcibly enable packet signing

  • ntlm - Use NTLM password hashing

  • ntlmi - Use NTLM password hashing and force packet signing

  • ntlmv2 - Use NTLMv2 password hashing

  • ntlmv2i - Use NTLMv2 password hashing and force packet signing

  • ntlmssp - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message

  • ntlmsspi - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message, and force packet signing

So, the first approach (using the fstab) might work if you use one of the above. Presumably, you wanted sec=ntlm.

As for the 115 error, I found this very nice guide on the Gentoo forums that I suggest you read. Basically, it suggests adding a line like this to your /etc/hosts file (change 192.168.1.12 to the IP of your drive):

192.168.1.12    Seagate-XXXXX

Once that's done, you should be able to use Seagate-XXXXX instead of the IP to connect. The page provides some other troubleshooting tips (including using smbtree to make sure that the share is actually available). I really suggesty you read it.

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