On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 14:39 -0700, 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)? ---- not sure to what you are referring...by default, Samba, uses a hashed password and doesn't transmit a plain text password to a Windows / smbfs or cifs server. Craig