http://linuxexchange.org/tags/cifs/?type=rssquestions tagged <span class="tag">cifs</span>enWed, 29 Feb 2012 09:05:12 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2793/secure-automatic-connection-to-ms-windows-file-share-cifs<p>I can mount a windows file share with <code>sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=~/Files/server-mount/credentials //sbs2008/local ~/Files/server-mount/</code>. I would like to do this but:</p> <ul> <li><strike>Without root privileges.</strike> (I can do this one, if I solve the other two.)</li> <li>Without storing password, unencrypted.</li> <li>Automatically on login.</li> </ul> <p>I am using kubuntu 11.10</p>daves dadWed, 29 Feb 2012 09:05:12 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2793/secure-automatic-connection-to-ms-windows-file-share-cifswindowssambacifsfilesystemhttp://linuxexchange.org/questions/791/credentials-mount-cifs-dot-in-password-string<p>I'm trying to use files from Windows box in Linux.</p> <p>If I use <code>mount -t cifs username=xyz, password=Abc.DF,...</code> ==> mount success</p> <p>If I put a line in /etc/fstab </p> <p><code>//Windows/share/c /WinShare username=xyz,password=Abc.DF,....</code> ==> mount success</p> <p>When putting credentials parameter in /etc/fstab</p> <p><code>//Windows/share/c /WinShare credentials=/root/.passwdfile .....</code></p> <p>/root/.passwdfile has two lines :</p> <pre><code>username=xyz password=Abc.DF </code></pre> <p>got </p> <pre><code>**mount error 13 = Permission denied** </code></pre> <p>putting Quotation marks around password=Abc.DF</p> <p>after</p> <p>mount /WinShare</p> <p>got prompt</p> <p>Password :</p> <p>and by typing Abc.DF ==> success</p> <p>Security policy in Windows box is requiring dot(.) in pasword string.</p> <p>Any Idea ???</p>Franjo124Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:16:28 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/791/credentials-mount-cifs-dot-in-password-stringmount-errorscifs