[linux-cifs-client] Re: Cifs in fstab

[Lars Müller]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 08:54:43AM -0400, Devon Harding wrote:
> 
> On 10/22/05, Devon Harding <devonharding at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How can I get cifs mount a mount point at boot up on FC3? After I boot up,
> > I type 'mount' and the mount point is not showing. But when I type 'mount
> > -a' then 'mount' again it shows. I think its trying to mount before smb is
> > loaded. Here's is my /etc/fstab
> >
> > //neptune/share /share cifs credentials=/root/.cifsusers 0 0

SuSE uses /etc/samba/smbfstab and an extra smbfs init script which
handles smbfs and cifs mounts.  These are excluded from the init script
which does the usual mount.

This allows us to add credential information to /etc/samba/smbfstab
which is by default only readable by the root user.

But in general I also like the gentoo approach Dave mentioned in his
answer.

Should we work on unifying this accros the Linux vendors?

Lars
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Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ]
Samba Team
SuSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
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