>-----Original Message----- >From: Max Hetrick [mailto:maxhetr...@verizon.net] >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:58 PM >To: General list for user discussion, questions and support >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host > >Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> Same settings as before, but tried your mount.cifs-command instead. >> Something interesting is happening; I now get a question for password, I >> assume it's the one in /etc/.autofs.smbpasswd, right? So I enter it and get >> an error 13, Permission denied. If it's not the same password pre-entered in >> /etc/.autofs.smbpasswd, which one is it?? > >Sorin, > >I just made some corrections on my personal website regarding that page. >I was having issues using a credentials file last month, perhaps it's >the same issue you are having. > >All my backups started failing where a credentials file was being used. >I don't know if it's a bug with autofs, or something else wrong within >CentOS. I did away with using the credentials file, and instead passed >the username and password in the autofs file itself. Everything started >working again, and I just haven't had time to investigate what caused >the issue. > >I don't maintain those pages any longer on the CentOS wiki due to some >issues I had there with interactions. You can find the most recent page >at my website. > >http://www.maxsworld.org/index.php/how-tos/backuppc-on-centos > >Did you try passing the username and password directly in the autofs entry? > >machinename -fstype=cifs,ro,username=$username,password=$password >://machinename/C\$
No I didn't. Will try. Thanks for the hint! -- /Sorin
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