[SOLVED] Can't unmount automatically mounted CIFS share (lemmy.today)

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Hi! Got an issue I couldn't figure out

When I use /etc/fstab to automount an SMB share using CIFS, I cannot unmount it without root privileges. If I mount it manually (as a non-privileged user), everything works just fine.

Also, an application I mount the share for (Pika Backup, based on borg) cannot access backups unless I unmount the share with root privileges and then mount it back manually.

A respective line in /etc/fstab is: //address/directory /mnt/backup cifs credentials=...,user,auto,iocharset=utf8 0 2

Highlighted user option to make it clear I didn't forget it.

Any advice?

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