Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:42:51 -0500 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> To: <kevintaber@discoverfinancial.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smbfs in fstab Message-ID: <0dcc01c54a87$62324830$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> References: <OF67F0C2B8.20AFFAFB-ON86256FEF.004867CB-85256FEF.0048C9CA@discoverfinancial.com> <426E5F14.70204@speakeasy.net>
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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ash" <omniBSD@speakeasy.net> To: <kevintaber@discoverfinancial.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: Re: smbfs in fstab > kevintaber@discoverfinancial.com wrote: > > currently I mount my XP share via: mount_smbfs -N //a7v133/raid /storage1 > > > > How can I get put this in my /etc/fstab so that it doesn't prompt me > > for a password upon bootup. This winshare is accessible without a > > password and by anyone. I have read through seveal forums and read > > man pages gallore, but I still remain unsuccessful. > > > > 5.3-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1 #0 > > From the man page for mount_smbfs(8): > > [quote] > > ~/.nsmbrc Keeps static parameters for connections and other information. > See /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc for details. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ... > > It is possible to use fstab(5) for smbfs mounts: > > //guest@samba/public /smb/public smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > [/quote] > > > From /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc: > > [quote] > > # smbfs lookups configuration files in next order: > # 1. ~/.nsmbrc > # 2. /etc/nsmb.conf - if this file found it will > # override values with same keys from user files. > > [/quote] > > > You will have to store your password in cleartext, but you seem to > already be doing this in home directory since you are using the -N flag. > > -Ash > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you want this to mount from the fstab at system boot, remove the noauto flag and place an -N in the string: #//user@server/share_name /mount_point smbfs rw,-N That will read the password information from the users .nsmbrc file as Ash stated, or, if you want it system wide, use the /etc/nsmb.conf file instead. -- Micheal Patterson Senior Communications Systems Engineer 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message
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