Why am I getting "Credential formatted incorrectly: (null)" error while mounting a cifs share from a credential file?

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Issue

  • While mounting a cifs share from a credential file, getting below error.

    $ mount //server1/samba /cifs -o credentials=/root/.smbcredentials -vvv
Credential formatted incorrectly: (null)
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XX,unc=\\server1\samba,user=smbuser,pass=********

  • However, the share is getting mounted properly.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • CIFS

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