From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roger Brooks Subject: Unable to mount using credentials file Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 12:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: I am attempting to mount Windows volumes on a Synology DS (running DSM 5.0, a Debian-based distribution). Command lines of the form: mount -t cifs -o username=,password= ///share/ /mnt/ succeed. However, command lines of the form: mount -t cifs -o credentials= ///share/ /mnt/ fail with the error "Invalid argument". For diagnostic purposes, I have attempted to mount the volumes directly using mount.cifs (v5.5). Once again, commands of the form: mount.cifs /// /mnt// -o username=,password= succeed. However, commands of the form: mount.cifs /// /mnt// -o credentials= fail with the error message: error -1 (Unknown error 4294967295) opening credential file This is the case regardless of the location of the file (see http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Error-s-opening-credentials-file-td2518214.html) or its privileges. The error persists, even when the command is executed from a root session and the credentials file has permissions 0777 and is in a subdirectory of /root. How can I get mount to work using a credentials file?