Fstab setup [SOLVED]

[Scot L. Harris]

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 14:53, Williams, David wrote:
> That worked really well..  Thanks!

> 
> You need to use the credentials=pathtofile/file in the fstab options.
> 
> Then in the file you entries like:
> 
> username=user
> password=verysecurepassword
> 
> The file I used was .smbpw down in my home directory with readonly
> permissions for the owner.
> 
> I used a full path such as /home/user/.smbpw in the credentials line.
> 

That is good to hear.  This keeps your password from showing up in fstab
however the password is probably passed in the clear over the network. 
I am not sure about that but you may want to check it out if you are
worried about someone sniffing the network for such passwords.

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