[linux-cifs-client] Automounting CIFS home directory upon loginwithout credentials file

Stefanos Karasavvidis sk at isc.tuc.gr
Sat Mar 8 09:09:34 GMT 2008


pam_mount does indeed work as expected.

The only real problem I have encountered so far is that it does not 
unmount the home directory if the user logs out from a ssh session... so 
big deal though

I can post my pam and pam_mount configuration if anyone's interested

Stefanos

Jason Haar wrote:
> Rory Mitchell wrote:
>> Is it possible to automount a CIFS volume as a user's home directory 
>> upon login without the use of a "credentials" file?
> 
> pam_mount springs to mind. Allows you to pass the username and password 
> down to basically anything - typically scripts that mount home 
> directories (I've used it to mount encfs encrypted home dirs)
> 



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