Adjust username and vdm as required: As root: root> mount -t cifs //vdm02-g1.ds.man.ac.uk/HOME /mnt/pdrive/ -o username=mpciish2 Or add this to /etc/fstab //cg-drives.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/simonh /mnt/cg-drive-simonh cifs user,noauto,username=simonh,uid=1000,gid=100,file_mode=0600,dir_mode=0700 0 0 //vdm02-g1.ds.man.ac.uk/HOME /mnt/pdrive cifs user,noauto,username=mpciish2 0 0 AND ensure /mnt/pdrive is owned by local user (simonh) so that simonh> mount /mnt/pdrive works. To find you vdm: ldapsearch -x -H ldap://ldap.man.ac.uk -s sub -b "c=uk" "cn=mpciish2"
Unix extensions may help:
/proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled # ...enter # # echo 1 > LinuxExtensionsEnabled # # or # # echo 0 > LinuxExtensionsEnabled # # to disable