What we want is that this network disk to be mounted each time that we boot ubuntu under a comfy folder in the home of our user without anything invading our workflow (ie having to configure instead of working).
- Under the shortcuts menu enter into "personal folder" and then create a folder "network_disk" (for example)
- Open a terminal (applications/accessories/terminal
- type : su
- then enter your root password
- type : gedit /etc/fstab
//ip_of_your_networkdisk/sharename /home/yourcurentusername/folderyoucreated in point1 cifs iocharset=utf8,rw,username=xxxx,password=xxx,umask=0002,uid=yourcurrentusername, group=users 0 0
6. exit gedit you should come back into the terminal
7. type "mount -a" it should mount into the folder (and now everytime you boot):
some explanations :
sharename : the name of the sare you created in the network disk administrative interface (in Lacie you have to do that)
username=xxx
password= xxx : those are the uname/password in the LaCie disk
iocharset=utf8 : for the nasty foreigners in case your accents are not recognized
rw : read and write (yeeah !)
umask= 0002 00 : means that this is good of all files even the ones under the root folder !
uid : means that your current username will have access to that mount point (otherwise only root can write !)
group : users (it's the current user groups)
easy !
More details on the available options on Wickipedia entry on fstab