The automount map below could be simplified using the macros used by
automountd:

*       -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/&,uid=&

Whether you have 1 user or 100,000 users, all you should need is this
one line.  This is documented on Linux in autofs(5) and on Solaris in
automount(1M).

Mike

On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 10:55, Johnston, Christopher (DCSA) wrote:
> Yea I have tried using the automount.. the tough thing is.. we have alot of users.. 
>so maintaing an auto-map can be really tough.. 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Urban Widmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:47 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Cc: Johnston, Christopher (DCSA); Stieglitz, Eric J. (DCSA); 'Jim McDonough'; 
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> Subject: Re: FW: samba woes
> 

...

 
> You can give only a single user access to the mount. But it will be visible to 
>others (inaccessible perhaps, but visible).
> 
> An autofs map for /home looking like this could be a starting point:
> username1     -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/cred1,uid=username1 \
>       ://server/share
> username2     -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/cred2,uid=username2 \
>       ://server/share
> ...
> 



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