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Can't connect to a Windows Share folder that uses a user name and password?

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I am trying to connect to a Windows Share folder. I can see it on my network, but when I enter the address of the share folder, for example smb://Server-Raid/OneDrive, I get an error message stating that I do not have permission to access it.

I have set my Windows Share folder to use a username and password in order to be accessed over the network, however I get no option to add it when connecting from my Ubuntu PC (tried Nautilus and Nemo), plus I am not prompted to add any credentials either.

Is there any way I can connect to a Windows Share folder that uses a user name and password? I can connect if I open up the Windows Share folder to 'everyone', however this is not ideal.

I should be getting a prompt from Nautilus when trying to access the Windows share drive, but none shows, I just get the permissions error.

Is there a way to access using terminal command?

I found this work-around here

Unfortunately, the auto-mount fails too, even though I have created a credentials file and added automount to the fstab.

//Server-Raid/OneDrive /home/pst007x/onedrive cifs credentials=/home/pst007x/.smbcred,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

I created a .smbcred with the information (my windows login):

username=MyUsername

password=MyPassword

I can access fine from other windows PC's, they ask for the credentials, and I can remote in using Remmina.

Error when accessing folder:

Unable to access 'onedrive'

Mount.Cifs: Permission Denied

Installed Dolphin, opened network, entered Windows share folder address, it asked me for credentials and worked straight away. I think Nautilus is just too broken nowadays. Perhaps KDE is the better route?

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Morbius1
Run the following command to see if it prompts you or if there are any errors: `gio mount smb://192.168.0.22/ShareFolder`
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pst007x
If I run in Terminal I get no output, no prompt to add login credentials.
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pst007x

Looks like Nautilus will not request credentials when accessing a Windows share folder, if a username and password is required.

Dolphin will work fine.

The only way I found was to do this:

  1. Create a text file in your home folder, .smbcred
  2. Add your Windows credentials:

username=YourUsername

password=YourPassword

  1. Create a mount directory using Terminal:

    mkdir /home/username/YourMountDirectory

  2. In Terminal enter (change details to suit your locations):

    sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=/home/pst007x/.smbcred //192.168.0.62/OneDrive /home/pst007x/onedrive

  3. Open the mount folder, remote files should sync there.

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