Cifs: "mount error(20): Not a directory" while mounting

[linux-aarhus]

check what you have

file /mnt/Folder

@cryogenic

I have this kind of line in my /etc/fstab:

//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/Folder /mnt/Folder cifs vers=1.0,credentials=/home/myname/.smbcredentials,uid=xxxx,gid=xxx,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Is it yours or copied from a random guide?

@cryogenic

While attempting mount -a, becomes an error:

mount error(20): Not a directory

and dmesg gives:

CIFS: Attempting to mount \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\Folder
CIFS: VFS: bogus file nlink value 0

@cryogenic

What could be wrong, what to check, and what to try next?

This

//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/Folder /mnt/Folder cifs vers=1.0,credentials=/home/myname/.smbcredentials,uid=xxxx,gid=xxx,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Do you actually own this - then everything is wrong - it actually lloks like a copy paste from a random guide on the interweb

Mount manually using mount command if you are unsure of the options needed

mkdir ~/temp
sudo mount -t cifs //ip.x.y.z/share temp

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