How to auto mount cifs share in Linux without password - Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish

Learn how to auto mount Windows / Samba shares (CIFS) on Linux using PAM mount (libpam-mount) and Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. This method does NOT require creating a credentials text file!

You'll also learn how to:

In this video, I use a fresh install of Ubuntu Desktop 22.04.1 Jammy Jellyfish. The only modifications I did prior to recording the video were:
- Disabled the overview on startup
- Installed and enabled XRDP

This video will step through the following:
00:00 - Introduction
02:22 - Install required library files
02:46 - Review modified files
05:00 - Review and Update Global PAM Config file
11:12 - Configure user managed PAM Config
15:55 - Confirm mounted drives

============= REFERENCES/RESOURCES ===============
Pam mount:

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[GeekInTheRough]

Nice clear walk-through tutorial! Thanks for using a clean install, it helps validate that the commands used will actually work - and they did for me! I have my Ubuntu Workstation automounting multiple shares from my Windows 2019 Server now after following the steps in this video :)

[ethangender]

i was exited to finally solve my problem with pam_mount but at the end it did not worked :( i Have one active directory on windows (joining from ubuntu worked like charm) this video ith the pam the main config worked during the test, but: the config on the remote server for my case wich is a samba server joined to my active directory it did not worked at all. i get a not found folder :( (mount.c:549): 1066 29 7:13 / /snap/snapd/19361 ro, nodev, relatime shared:568 - squashfs /dev/loop13 ro, errors=continue
(pam_mount.c:522): mount of luis failed
(rdconf2.c:126): checking sanity of luserconf volume record (homes/luis)
(mount.c:776): Could not get realpath of /home/luisshares/NAS-Home: No such file or directory
(mount.c:246): Mount info: luserconf, user=luis <volume fstype="cifs" path="homes/luis" cipher="(null)" fskeypath="(null)" fskeycipher="(null)" fskeyhash="(null)" options="nodev, nosuid" /> fstab=0 ssh=0
(mount.c:300): mkmountpoint: checking /home
(mount.c:300): mkmountpoint: checking /home/luisshares
(mount.c:300): mkmountpoint: checking /home/luisshares/NAS-Home
(mount.c:324): mkdir[1000] /home/luisshares/NAS-Home
(mount.c:655): Password will be sent to helper as-is.
command: 'mount' '-t' 'cifs' '/home/luisshares/NAS-Home' '-o' 'username=luis, uid=1000, gid=1000, nodev, nosuid'

ended after 5 hours trying to figure it out what was wrong. and i think for today i give up.