Ubuntu 20.04 mounting a drive using a credential file
–create mount point
cd /media
sudo mkdir 'mount point name'–edit fstab
sudo nano ~/etc/fstab–add line – noauto is used to mount at login, delete to mount at boot
//server/share /media/'mount point name' cifs credentials=/home/username/.smbcredentials,user,noauto,iocharset=utf8, 0 0–install cifs helper program
sudo apt install cifs-utils–create credential file
sudo nano ~/.smbcredentials–change user and password to your credentials of choice
user=yourusername
password=yourpassword–mount drive
sudo mount -a