Mount a Windows share in Linux

== Automatic mount at boot ==

Add these lines to your fstab and create the file to hold your credentials, so that they are not readable by everyone.
=== /etc/fstab ===

//10.1.2.3/public /mnt/public cifs credentials=/root/cred.smb 0 0
//10.1.2.4/mp3 /mnt/mp3 cifs credentials=/root/cred.smb 0 0

=== /root/cred.smb ===

username=mr
password=l33tp4ssw0rd

== Mount on demand ==

=== /etc/fstab ===

//10.1.2.3/public /mnt/public cifs noauto,user,username=gh 0 0
//10.1.2.4/mp3 /mnt/mp3 cifs noauto,user,username=gh 0 0

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