[TriLUG] i need a fix cuz i'm going down with mount

[Jon Carnes]

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