On 26/09/2026 13:08, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
The fstab entry is not needed as the detail may be given to mount(8)
instead; creating the entry just creates a short-cut which lessens the
arguments given to mount if you're going to do it often.
will be used for all these commands:
read password
For example:
$ read password
letmein
$
Define more shell variables.
remote=//readynas.local/TerryJColes/Backups/Optiplex/Duplicity/OptiPlex
local=/mnt/Optiplex_Backups
uid=`id -u`
gid=`id -g`
option=ro # Read-only
option+=,username=TerryJColes,password="$password"
option+=,iocharset=utf8,uid=$uid,gid=$gid
printf '%s\n' "$option" # Eyeball.
Attempt the mount:
sudo -i mount -m -t cifs "$remote" "$local" -o "$option"
Yes. That works and Deja Dup is reading the files in as we speak.
How much of all that do I have to repeat, each time I want to backup or
restore? All of it, or just some of it?
A thousand Thanks.
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