Hi Terry, > > read password ... > > 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. ... > > sudo -i mount -m -t cifs "$remote" "$local" -o "$option" ... > 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?
All of it. And always in a single terminal window because the shell variables are particular to the shell you create them in. I can see four choices. - Keep doing the above. - Convert those actions into a shell script. - Move parts of the above into /etc/fstab and a credentials file so a simpler ‘sudo -i mount /mnt/Optiplex_Backups’ works. If it stops working then you can examine the incremental step you've made knowing it's you, not it. - Take the working lines above to the people you're talking to about the GUI SMB mounter so they can advise the GUI equivalent in their program. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-10-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
