How to create a Bookmark that opens a Network shared folder

Question

I am trying to create a bookmark that when I right click the Files icon in the Launcher and select the bookmark it will open the desire network shared folder.

Right now it only opens if I have previously opened the shared folder by going through the Browse Network option. What I want is to simply click the bookmark and this will open the network shared folder without the need for having it opened manually.

The shared folder is through Samba: smb://client/stuff/

Here is a screenshot of the Bookmark to Stuff:

It will only work if I have previously opened the shared folder by going through the Browse Network option in the Files app.

Answer 1

A link to a network folder will only work immediately if it is mounted automatically at startup; you need to edit fstab, create a folder to mount the network folder in and set credentials.

I am trying to find a good manual, will post it back...

OK, couldn't find it, but it is not that complicated:

1. Install cifs-utils.
2. create a folder to mount the network share into (can be in your personal folder)

3. create the credentials file: gksu gedit /root/.cifscredentials, add the following:

   user=your_username
   password=your_password
   

4. add a line to fstab, to give you an impression, this is mine: the first section is the network share, the second is the folder you created to mount the share into

   //192.168.0.104/werkmap_documenten/documenten_Jacob /home/jacob/Netwerkmap cifs auto,iocharset=utf8,uid=jacob,gid=users,credentials=/root/.cifscredentials,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775 0 0
   

I hope I did not forget anything, but I think not. Good luck!