Create local folders and mount remote cifs shares

mount_cifs.sh

# The standard way to add automatic mount is using /etc/fstab. The problem i found is that when remote shares are offline
# the computer is slow to boot because it waits for each entry in /etc/fstab to time out.
# Here i am automating the mounting of remote shares so i can run it after computer has finished boot via cronjob or manually.
# This script creates local directories if they do not exists and mounts the remote shares using cifs.
#!/usr/bin/env bash

IFS=,
MOUNT_ROOT=/mnt
REMOTE_FOLDERS="ubuntu,proxmox,TV Shows,Steam,Music,Mix,Learning,Movies,Emulators,Music Videos"
REMOTE_SERVER_IP=192.168.50.253
SMBPASSWD=/home/$USER/.smbpasswdNas

createdirectories_and_mount(){
	for folder in $REMOTE_FOLDERS;do
		local_path="$MOUNT_ROOT/$folder"
    
		# Create local directory to mount if it doesn't exist
		if [ ! -d "$local_path" ];then
			sudo mkdir $local_path
		fi

		# Mount to local folder
	        sudo mount -t cifs //$REMOTE_SERVER_IP/$folder $local_path -o uid=$USER,gid=$USER,credentials=$SMBPASSWD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0744,dir_mode=0755
	done
}


createdirectories_and_mount


MOUNT_ROOT=/home/$USER
REMOTE_FOLDERS="Transmission"
REMOTE_SERVER_IP=192.168.50.86
SMBPASSWD=/home/$USER/.smbpasswd


createdirectories_and_mount