Auto mount CIFS mount point on system startup on Ubuntu

Install CIFS utils

sudo apt-get install -y cifs-utils

You can manually test it with the following command.  Change the ip address, mount points, username, and password.

mount.cifs /192.168.1.102/mount/point /mnt -o user=john,pass=password3,uid=john

Note that specifying the uid in the options, allows the user to add, delete, and modify the files and folders of that specific mount point.

To auto mount on system startup, add the following line to /etc/fstab.  Change the appropriate lines.

//192.168.1.102/mount/point   /mnt  auto   user=john,pass=password3,uid=john   0   0

You can test it by mounting everything in fstab

sudo mount -a

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