Comments on: Mount Samba share using fstab http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/14/mount-samba-share-using-fstab Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:34:04 -0500 hourly 1 By: Adrian http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/14/mount-samba-share-using-fstab/comment-page-1#comment-1535 Adrian Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:52:43 +0000 http://tuxtraining.com/?p=524#comment-1535 It's usually not a good idea to put username/passwd in the fstab file. You can modify this by removing the section "username=username,password=password" and replacing it with "credentials=/root/.fstabcredentials" - sans the quotes of course. Then create the file /root/.fstabcredentials and enter the two lines: username=ntserver_username password=ntserver_password save the file and exit. Change the permissions of the file: chmod 600 /root/.fstabcredentials This ensures that only root can access the file. It’s usually not a good idea to put username/passwd in the fstab file. You can modify this by removing the section “username=username,password=password” and replacing it with “credentials=/root/.fstabcredentials” – sans the quotes of course.

Then create the file /root/.fstabcredentials and enter the two lines:

username=ntserver_username
password=ntserver_password

save the file and exit. Change the permissions of the file:

chmod 600 /root/.fstabcredentials

This ensures that only root can access the file.

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