Linus harling writes: > > > autofs (http://freshmeat.net/projects/autofs/?topic_id=142) does exactly > > > that... > > > > > > >But it does not work with smb (at least, it doesn't with the version I > >tried (old RH7.x machine). > > > > > > Haven't tried, but i think it should, as far as I know it's just mount > automated...
Except that you need to give some extra arguments which, IIRC, can't be done for smb in the automount config files. But again, this might have changed since I tried (a long time ago). > Doesn't smb require user input? Password that is? That might cause some > Problems... But then again why use smb? Especially now that MS has > released SFU 3.5 as a free (as in beer) download, you would be much > better off using NFS. > > Hm say that you want to use SMB/CIFS anyway, wouldn't winbindd take care > of the password issue? I've never used it, so I'm not too familiar with > its capabilities... > That is assuming you do have some control... The network administrators here decided that NFS wasn't secure enough and so the only way to access my central file store is via smb. Funnily enough, these same people provide unencrypted web pages where you have to type your password, yes even one to change it... But this is getting OT. Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
