MLUG: Re: [MLUG] finally connected to bengal
Re: [MLUG] finally connected to bengal
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Jason McIntosh wrote:
>
> You can also add a line to your "/etc/fstab" file, like this:
> //bengal.missouri.edu/jwm05c            /mnt/showme             smbfs
> username=jwm05c,workgroup=TIGERS,password=****  0 0
> 
> Just watch out on the file permissions.  By default (not sure if you can
> even change this normally) /etc/fstab is world readable.

I highly recommend *not* to put your passwords anywhere in /etc
directory, but using Samba credential files instead. They require Samba
version 2.2 or above, such as 2.2.1a. So the fourth column above would
read:

credentials=/home/misha/.sambarc,workgroup=TIGERS

;)
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