Background: Linux, Debian (Sarge). I want to auto-mount an smbfs at boot. smbmount version is 3.0.7-Debian.
With the following in my fstab, I can do the mount as root, but have to provide a password (hence either I can't boot unattended, or can't mount it during boot): //<server>/<share> /mnt/point smbfs user,noauto,username=<user>/<domain>,uid=<user>,gid=<user> 0 0 I can make it automount by providing the password: //<server>/<share> /mnt/point smbfs user,noauto,username=<user>/<domain>,uid=<user>,gid=<user>,password=<password> 0 0 but this is insecure. I tried using credentials: //<server>/<share> /mnt/point smbfs user,noauto,username=<user>/<domain>,uid=<user>,gid=<user>,credentials=/etc/smbpassword 0 0 where /etc/smbpassword contains username=<user>/<domain> password=<password> but I get an error: 1741: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.) SMB connection failed (I think '1741' is a PID - it changes each time.) To forstall some suggestions: * There are no non-alphanumeric charaters in <user>, <domain>, <password> etc. * There is a newline at the end of /etc/smbpassword * I've tried from the command line using 'smbmount', with the same results - works with "password=" but not with "credentials=" * I've tried giving the credentials file liberal permissions (666) * The password in the credentials file is correct - I've cut-and-pasted it to command line and had it work * I've tried (from command line) without the extra options like 'user' and 'noauto'. * Yes, I've googled - I found several others with the same problem, but no solution. http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2003-November/002040.html http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2004-01/msg00114.php Michael W. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
