mount: /media/mountName: operation permitted for root only

Question

I tried to mount window shared folder on raspberry pi but it is not successful yet. Every time I run the command to mount, it just keeps showing mount error:Host is down.

Here is what I have tried to achieve mount shared folder on Pi

First, I get the window shared folder. In my case, it is

\\100.179.180.90\MyShare\TempFolder
Username =<USER>
Password =<Pass>

Then, I start to use this command in pi.

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<USER> //100.179.180.90/MyShare/TempFolder /media/mountName

However, I have got this error.

mount error(112): Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

Then I edit .smbcredentials using sudo nano ~/.smbcredentials

username=<USER>
password=<Pass>

and fstab using sudo nano /etc/fstab.

//100.179.180.90/MyShare/TempFolder /media/mountName cifs credentials=/home/pi/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=3.0,nounix 0 0

Then I put sudo mount -a then the error is still the same.

Host is down.

But then when I check FileManager,

mount: /media/mountName: operation permitted for root only.

Even though I use /mnt/test it keeps showing me error of host is down.

I have used different versions of SMB protocols stated in pi documentation. For example,

sudo mount.cifs //100.179.180.90/MyShare/TempFolder /mnt/test -o user=<USER>,vers=3
Password for CIM_ADMIN@//100.179.180.90/MyuShare/TempFolder:

I thought it is root access issue but I am not sure. I can ping the ipaddress(100.179.180.90) from (\\100.179.180.90\MyShare\TempFolder)) from pi and it works. But mounting window shared folder is giving me headache.

Answer 1

For example I use sudo mount.cifs //Milliways.local/Images /mnt/Image -o user=ian to mount a share on my Pi (for user ian).

I can't comment on Windows. See Samba (SMB/CIFS)