automatically mounting Windows Home directories/shares on Linux

Eric Wagar eric at deadhookers.org
Sat Jan 21 18:46:32 UTC 2006


> > I'd like to be able to mount, at login, my home directory which is
> > managed by a Windows 2000 server.  Is there a way to do this
> > automatically, ie where it does not involve a credentials file, ala
> > NIS/AutoFS?
> > 
> > I can't seem to find information for the above, but I have found the
> > smbmount stuff with the credentials.  I just don't want my password in a
> > file, nor have the need to change that file when my password is changed.
> > 
> Do you search for smbmount?
> To mount it automatic you can add a considering line in the /etc/fstab.

Yes, smbmount works, but it requires the username/password, which is
what I am trying to get away from.




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