I'm connecting to a win98 machine so I don't have a user and pwd defined. If I was linking to a domain controller then I would do that.
Thanks for the help. Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Passwords Please... > > > when I write them... > > smbmount .//server/share /mnt/name -o username=user1 > password=pass1 uid=500 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CLUG (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:16 PM > Subject: Passwords Please... > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mnt]# smbmount file://VAIO/SHARED > /mnt/vaio -o scope=GFT > guest > > Password: > > > > Why is the command above prompting me for a password? > > > > From the man page... > > > > guest don't prompt for a password > > > > > > Anyone got any bright ideas? > > > > Also while I'm at this.... > > > > There's a file somewhere that I can specify the share in > and it will get > > mounted automatically when the system boots. > > > > I can't remember what the file is called. > > > > SMB connections have a habit of dropping out from time to > time as well... > > How do I tell it to reconnect? > > > > I learnt all this stuff once but it was a few years back > and I don't have > > the configurations I set up any more. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Cheers Don > > >
