Make Samba stop asking for password

TazG · 06-13-2004, 04:54 PM

Hello.
I have some shares that automatically mount when Linux boots but it always asks for a password, like

Mounting network filesystems...
Password:

I never set a password. I can get past this if I just press Enter and the shares get mounted fine. So... how do I get it to stop showing Password: ?

david_ross · 06-13-2004, 04:56 PM

From "man smbclient":

Quote:

-N If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the client to the user.
This is useful when accessing a service that does not require a password.

Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is specified, the client
will request a password.

If you are doing it from fstab then try just specifying a blank password in the options field.

TazG · 06-13-2004, 05:41 PM

Perfect.
password=
in fstab did it.

unforgivn · 06-14-2004, 03:01 AM

that is true, if you are using the smbmount program and added it to your startup scripts rc.local for instance just add at the end of the line -U username%password exchanging username and password with the relevant username and password

oops didnt see that last post sorry :P