How to mount SAMBA shares in /etc/fstab automatically?

Micro420 · 06-15-2006, 11:22 PM

Currently I have this in my /etc/fstab

//192.168.0.3/accounting /mnt/accounting smbfs username=john,password=XXXXXX uid=500,gid=512 0 0

basically when the computer boots up, I want the /mnt/accounting to be available on the workstation. Unfortunately, this isn't happening when the users log onto the computer. Is there something I am missing in the /etc/fstab?

Also, how do you encrypt the username/password in the fstab? It's in plaintext.

binary_y2k2 · 06-15-2006, 11:45 PM

You need to add the option "auto" for it to mount at boot also try credentials=/path/to/file and put a username and pass in the form of:
username = <value>
password = <value>
then chmod 600 the file, then mount will read the user and pass from the file which can only be viewed by root. That's the only way to "hide" the pass.

trey85stang · 06-16-2006, 12:31 AM

I dont think the network is started when the drives from fstab are mounted. So it would be hard to map network drives without a network available

Your best bet will be to create startup scripts that mount them. You can leave them in fstab and just make a simple script.. mount /my/smbshare

binary_y2k2 · 06-16-2006, 12:49 AM

I was thinking that also.
But why have the option to put it in fstab if networking isn't loaded ??? but oh well.
the script would look something like:

Code:

smbmount //192.168.0.3/accounting /mnt/accounting -o uid=500,gid=512,credentials=/root/.smbfile

I don't use smb enough to want it to mount automatically anyway, and since I put SSH on the only win box in the net I just use fish://

Micro420 · 06-16-2006, 01:05 AM

Thanks for the quick replies! I tried adding auto to the end of my line, but it still didn't work. Probably like you said about the network not being loaded yet so it's pointless.

I can create a mount script, but where do I put it to start up with the rest of the system?

binary_y2k2 · 06-16-2006, 01:23 AM

If your using debian based put the script in /etc/init.d/
then run:
update-rc.d [name of script] start 40 2345
eg if the script was called shares,
update-rc.d shares start 40 2345

dip_3131 · 06-16-2006, 05:16 AM

can any one tell me to install a linux system through PXE.

binary_y2k2 · 06-16-2006, 05:24 AM

Quote:

can any one tell me to install a linux system through PXE.

if your asking a question that isn't related to this thread please start a new one, and give more information that that so we know what you mean