to add to Jon's note, add -o credentials=/path/to/sambacreds file. I usually put this in the /home/user directory.
The file should contain: username=username password=password chmod this file 700 chown the file user.user This way you do not have to put the username and password in /etc/fstab ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TriLUG Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:36 AM Subject: RE: [TriLUG] i need a fix cuz i'm going down with mount > On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 09:03, Jim Ray wrote: > > i just noticed the samba share i had created did not retain functionality following a re-boot after that little kernel update yesterday. what up wiff dat? > > If you want the share to be persistent across boots you should put it in > the /etc/fstab. You could also simply put the samba command line in > your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (which acts as a sort of autoexec.bat) > > > > is the syntax for smbmount able to use -username/winders-domain%winders-password? is there a way to pass parameters given linux username/password=winders username/password? > > ethereal revealed passwords in plain text flying across the network. not cool. big time security risk. who's got the remedy? > > > > e.g. smbmount //service/share /mnt/point -o > username=NTblah,password=xxx,uid=linuxblah,gid=users > > See the smbmount manpage for details. > > If you want to protect against folks sniffing your passwords across the > net, then you should consider replacing your hubs with switches. The > cost difference is not that great anymore and the added security is > amazing. Your network connections will then remain private. > > Jon Carnes > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
