MountCifsFstab - Community Help Wiki
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountCifsFstabUbuntu’s kernel has built-in support for mounting Windows file shares. It’s called the cifs kernel client, and it’s considerably faster than the mounts created by GUI programs such as nautilus and caja and thunar and some command line programs such as gio. To be able to control the kernel’s cifs client, you’ll need to install cifs-utils:
Timeout Option for CIFS Mount - Arch Linux
bbs.archlinux.org › viewtopicAug 23, 2008 · How can I configure a CIFS mount in fstab in a way that it doesn't freeze my filemanager (Thunar under XFCE) when the Samba server isn't reachable? I have experimented with Systemd Automount, but as far as I understand it, it just waits (x-systemd.device-timeout=10s) at boot or it unmounts a mountpoint when idle (x-systemd.idle-timeout=60s).