[CentOS] smbmount

[John Newbigin]

Absolutely.  The web page is a bit out of date but
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/smbfs/

When you log in, the password is stored in memory (as plain text), but 
samba uses a hash (md4?) on the wire.

You need to install 
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/smbfs/cifsmount-0.6-4.el4.i386.rpm 
and http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/smbfs/smbpwman-0.6-5.el4.i386.rpm

and to configure /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/auto.master and 
/etc/smbautomount.conf

I am happy to provide help to set it up.

RHEL4 cifs driver has a bug with listing directories.  The web page 
(above) also has instructions on how to build a working replacement driver.

John.


Al Sparks wrote:

> Is there a method or way that will allow one to automagically mount
> samba shares requiring a password w/o using a plain text password?
> 
> Even if I have to store the plaintext password in a file, is there at
> least a way to keep plain text passwords going over the network
> (IPSec perhaps)?
>    === Al
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John Newbigin
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Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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