Utility to mount samba share as user
While gvfs is an acronym for Gnome Virtual File System it’s usage is not depending on Gnome. It comes with very few dependencies and even Manjaro Plasma has the gvfs package installed and as such this will work on any Linux.
The Linux mount utility does not allow for a user to mount a samba share and this results in Manjaro users setting up fstab to automount the share. Such automounts may cease working due to upstream changes e.g. when the SMB1 protocol was renamed to NT1 thus causing old shares to stop working.
This script relies on the packages gvfs-smb which will pull the necessary smb-client dependency. The following command will do the trick. If you want the dependencies to be explicitly installed add gvfs and smbclient to the command. The --needed argument will skip syncing packages already present.
sudo pacman -Syu gvfs-smb --needed
Create a new script in ~/.local/bin and name it gio-mount-myshare.sh.
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
touch ~/.local/bin/gio-mount-myshare.sh
Paste below content and modify the variables to use your samba server and share name.
The symlinks folder defaults to ~/SMBLinks and this can of course be changed as you see fit.
Running the script will attempt mounting the share. If credentials are needed you will be challenged. Enter the correct credentials to continue. To unmount a mounted share run with -u argument.
#! /bin/bash
#
# Script for mounting and unmounting a configured samba share
# Customized the variables as needed
# - Symlinks are located in designated folder (default: $HOME/SMBLinks)
# - Symlink can be named (default: $SHARENAME)
# - Using `-u` argument will unmount and remove the symlink
#
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# @linux-aarhus - root.nix.dk
#
# MODIFY THESE VARIABLES
# your samba server's hostname or IP address
HOST="my-server"
# the share name on the server
SHARENAME="my-share"
# symlink name
LINKNAME="$SHARENAME"
# symlink is placed in this folder
SYMLINKS="$HOME/SMBLinks"
# /END MODIFY
SCRIPTNAME=$(basename "$0")
VERSION="0.2"
# check argument $1
if [[ "$1" == "-u" ]]; then
# remove symlink
rm -f "$SYMLINKS/$LINKNAME"
# unmount share
gio mount -u "smb://$HOST/$SHARENAME"
exit
elif [[ $1 != "" ]]; then
echo ":: $SCRIPTNAME v$VERSION"
echo "==> invalid argument: $1"
echo "Usage: "
echo " mount SMB : $SCRIPTNAME"
echo " umount SMB: $SCRIPTNAME -u"
exit 1
fi
# mount command
gio mount "smb://$HOST/$SHARENAME"
# easy reference to gio mount point
ENDPOINT=/run/user/$UID/gvfs/''smb-share:server=$HOST,share=$SHARENAME''
# crete the subfolder
if ! [ -d "$SYMLINKS" ]; then
mkdir -p "$SYMLINKS"
fi
# use --force argument to suppress warning if link exist
ln -sf "$ENDPOINT" "$SYMLINKS/$LINKNAME"
You can complement this with a systemd user service to automate things even more. Remember to copy or move the script into the service folder or modify the service reference to the scripts location.
For the service to work the credentials must be stored in your keyring.
[Unit]
Description=GIO mount smb share-name
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/home/%u/.config/systemd/user/gio-mount-myshare.sh
ExecStop=/home/%u/.config/systemd/user/gio-mount-myshare.sh -u
RemainAfterExit=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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