I am trying to create a script that will allow my servers to automatically connect to a Windows 2000 server. This is what I am trying to use for the script:

mount -t smbfs //servername/share /mnt/mntpoint -o username=username,workgroup=domain,password=password

or

mount -t smbfs //servername/share /mnt/mntpoint -o username="domain\username",password=password

When i run either of these I get an smb error, "Access denied, SMB connection failed". When I take out the password and run it, I get prompted for the password and then am able to connect. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong

Try this

/a/file/with/login/parameters must contain

username=whoYouAre
password=yourPassword

and should not be world readable, for obvious reasons. You can put this into /etc/fstab so your shares are mounted at boot time without user intervention.

--- rod.

I added the previous text I was using to the /etc/fstab file and it worked just fine.