Hi,

have samba installed on ubuntu linux. Everything is working fine from the server end. Have a shared folder on a Windows XP Professional PC, this has no passwords assigned and is viewable to all. Using Konqueror I can browse to the XP share and open the shared folder no problem, however, when I try to mount the shared folder from terminal using:

mount -t smbfs //<XP PC>/<share> /mnt/xpshare

I am prompted for a password and have to use my Win domain password to gain access. Any idea how to mount the file system manually without entering a password?

Also, is there anyway of mapping a drive permanently via Konqueror like you would in Windows?

Thanks.

Even in M$ land, users connecting pass credentials to shares with no passwords using their current logged in user and login password. The password option just forces one to be added to the connection transaction.

So, you need to do the same with the -o credentials=filename option.

mount -t smbfs -o credentials=/root/.ssh/cred.share //<XP PC>/<share> /mnt/xpshare
or in /etc/fstab

yuo can only not enter a password if xp doesn't ask for one. you can automatically provide it in a number of ways, e.g

mount blah blah -o user=bob,password=secret

or

mount blah blah -o credentials=/etc/smb/credentials

i've not used a credentials file before though, check the docs for details

and a permanent mount if done by adding a suitable entry into /etc/fstab

Thanks for that. I'll try it tomorrow. One thing I'm confused by, how come in Konqueror I can access the shared folder without being prompted for a username/password?

Thanks again.

Konqueror caches passwords for forms and logins..

Thanks for the help, problem resolved.