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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can also create a credentials file in this format:

username=yourusername
password=youpass

Then use this in samba:

//server/share /media/samba cifs
credentials=/path/to/file,uid=1000,gid=100,noperm 0 0

Having a username/password setup on samba is a very good idea as it keeps
users out but also authenticates you as a user on the remote system, you can
use samba to only give access to certain resources to certain usernames thus
making it more secure.


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> hi,
>
> I was just chatting to a couple of those 'nice people' about pysdm, it's
> limitations and if a user of it could get support on the main forum area
> (which is yes) and I mentioned about the on going saga with samba. Here's
> one to try in fstab
>
> # Samba
> //server/share /media/samba cifs user=user,uid=1000,gid=100,noperm 0 0
>
> # "Server" = Samba server (by IP or name if you have an entry for the
> server in your hosts file
> # "share" = name of the shared directory
> # "user" = your samba user
> # This set up will ask for a password when mounting the samba share. If you
> do not want to enter a password, use a credentials file.
> # replace "user=user" with "credentials=/etc/samba/credentials" In the
> credentials file put two lines
>
> # user=user
>
> # password=password
>
> # make the file owned by root and ro by root (sudo chown root.root
> /etc/samba/credentials && sudo chmod 400 /etc/samba/credentials)
>
> If you get chance, give it a try :-)
>
>
> For ntfs stuff, I've been reminded of ntfs-config for those with windows on
> their systems who want to share a hard drive easily (which some one pointed
> out earlier on the mailing list).
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
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