How to mount a shared folder on android 4.4.2 QS3.1 Minix X7

[willynanita]

Need help using cifsmanager on QS 3.1

I am trying to mount a shared folder using cifsmanager but I keep getting "invalid argument" error. My setup is as follows:

share path: smb://10.0.0.9/sharename/
mount point: /mnt/cifs/
username: guest
password:
options: none

I can see the cifs folder where it should be, but I doesn't work, I keep getting the error.

Any help will be appreciated.

[jy_p]

CIFS doesn't work anymore with KitKat.

[SoulStyle]

It should work. IIRC the current mount apps do not handle KitKat too well. Try adding it manually via init.d

#!/system/bin/sh

# Make sure networking is up before mounting
while :
do
   check_if_up=($(netcfg | grep -e eth0 -e wlan0 | busybox awk '{print $2}'))
   if [[ (${check_if_up[0]} = UP) || (${check_if_up[1]} = UP) ]]; then
    break
   fi
   sleep 1
done
sleep 1

# Switch rootfs to read / write
# Be careful after this. Misplaced commands may
# brick your system
busybox mount -o rw,remount /

# Create Mount Points
mkdir /data/media/0/mov
mkdir /data/media/0/e

# Mount shares
busybox mount -t cifs -o username=XXX,password=YYY,iocharset=utf8,noserverino,nounix,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 //192.168.178.11/02_Movies /data/media/0/mov
busybox mount -t cifs -o username=XXX,password=YYY,iocharset=utf8,noserverino,nounix,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 //192.168.178.11/E /data/media/0/e

# Switch rootfs to read only
busybox mount -o ro,remount /

Add an init.d like the above example, replacing username, password, server addresses and mount-points to match your needs.

For KitKat mount your folders in a location like /data/media/0/ and not the traditional ones like

• /mnt/shell/emulated/
• /sdcard/
• /storage/

as they are likely to fail due to KitKat's new security model.