[CentOS] Samba Fstab and Automount

Fri Mar 21 15:40:41 UTC 2008
Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org>

> On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 09:30 -0500, Barry Brimer wrote:
>>> /etc/fstab:
>>>
>>> //machine_name/SAN /mnt/SAN cifs defaults 0 0
>>>
>>> [root at machine_name SAN]# mount -a
>>> Password:
>>> mount error 13 = Permission denied
>>>
>>> Problem is there is no password to the smb server. Why am I getting a
>>> password prompt when the share has full RW access and all access is
>>> granted on the share? Note, though the share is fully visable and
>>> accessable and writeable by just browsing the network.
>>
>> Try replacing "defaults" with "guest"
>
> Will not work:   mount -a
>                          mount error 13 = Permission denied

Any chance that the other machines that are "just browsing" to it and it 
is working are passing their domain credentials which is validating access 
to this share?

Barry