I recently switched from Ubuntu 20.10 to Pop! OS. One of the challenges I had was configuring shared folders I want mapped on my Pop! OS machine. I copied the lines from my previous /etc/fstab file that mounted the shares previously.
- Install Samba: sudo apt install samba.
- Set SMB pasword: smbpassword -a <Username>
But when I when I ran the command mount -a, I received the following error: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount. helper program.
After a few minutes, I figured it out, I needed to install cifs-utils: apt install cifs-utils
Now when I ran the mount -a command, no errors and the mapped shares now work.
