# Unable to mount SAMBA share

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [21 April 2025 08:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298 "2025-04-21T08:40:24Z")
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### Author: ![cdsw](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/cdsw/32/6939_2.png) [@cdsw](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/cdsw)
#### Post date: [21 April 2025 08:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298/1 "2025-04-21T08:40:24Z")

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I´m resurrecting this thread because I have a similar issue with adding a network share to dietpi.

I would be highly appreciated for any help

I mounted a external drive to my openWRT router via samba.

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9d4aaba8bd6858447f816e80336c691e4724ada2.png)  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e5f5fa8579c01c142a7b956530366678324b943c.png)

I allowed anonymous access to this samba router share (so I don’t need a user or password)

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/4/482a5c15f9062a82d268ae21013a3c5b4f5578b1.png)

anyway I added a user/password combo just in case to the router menu:

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c3c3f4ef4ac63a7d65ada3f7f2421ccb23fea8cf.png)

anyway long story short:

I can access the share via macOS as guest (check)  
I can access the share via Kodi without adding any username/password (check)

but I FAIL to add it as network share in dietpi-drive manager. it wants me to add a username/password (doesn’t let me pass it without adding anything). but In the end it fails

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ee7126d11ff55d5461b3b0a0a33f6ac541c5e25e.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a9d6748c5eca8c3ba051003538f20cc46af879c2.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/7/71b5738429d4035687dbc900b130a066cf737332.jpeg)  
empty not allowed  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d8d30abdcf8fef04a0fff8e01d4fb3542591752d.jpeg)  
so I put in  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/b/be1e961a79d2a7b3066e4e41ba75f0758949a072.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5056b7ef48b6db1ea1eb7c954a4a705cf9d04001.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6a382e61cc36823b42a185ff2b9232b58e1f5cb2.jpeg)

Error Message

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9a95b936be735e143b318afb5ee46cc61fbbd0e3.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [21 April 2025 09:36 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298/2 "2025-04-21T09:36:34Z")

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did you tried to mount the SAMBA share manually? Looks like your user/password did not match.

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### Author: ![cdsw](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/cdsw/32/6939_2.png) [@cdsw](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/cdsw)
#### Post date: [21 April 2025 12:01 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298/3 "2025-04-21T12:01:59Z")

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can you elaborate with “mount manually”. E.g. not via the dietpi-drive manager in dietpi-launcher?

Edit:  
Worked when I do it manually via FSTAB. not sure why the guided dietpi way did not.

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [21 April 2025 19:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298/4 "2025-04-21T19:34:12Z")

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> [@cdsw](#):
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> Worked when I do it manually

did you used same user/password on `/etc/fstab` as you did on drive manager

> [@cdsw](#):
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> not sure why the guided dietpi way did not

because there was an issue with user password and you received a `permission denied`

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### Author: ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 July 2025 19:35 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-mount-samba-share/23298/5 "2025-07-20T19:35:10Z")

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