"Craig White" wrote: > Quoting Bob George : > > [...] > > I just verified > > > > "mount -t smbfs file://ntpdc/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o > > username=user,password=password" > > > > and it works fine. > ------------ > option in Samba - encrypt passwords=yes > > I was under the impression that NT/2K/ required encrypted passwords But keep in mind that's only if you want your Linux boxes running Samba to participate in a Windows domain (in order to be accessed FROM Windows machines in other words). If you just want to mount a Windows share under Linux to pass files, domain-be-damned, the appropriate mount command is all that's required assuming smbfs is installed. No need to install a full-blown Samba configuration unless you want to do the reverse (Windows access Linux). The smbfs man page has more info on encryption etc. > [...] > obviously, if you store the 'mount' string in a file such as /etc/fstab and it > includes passwords, then in must be made unreadable by all but root And forget security on the wire if doing Windows networking in less-than-pure Win2K environment anyhow (see l0phtcrack). If you're just accessing public shares that are open to the world anyhow via a guest-type account, it's probably a toss-up. Again, this lets you share files, not necessarily do it securely. But then, it IS Windows after all. :) I do this to back up critical files on my Linux boxen to my Win2K box nightly in place of NFS. I wouldn't do it over the Internet, but it works well enough for home purposes. > [...] > abosolutely, you can use it for authentication to things such as squid, ldap, > etc. Hey, if that'll work with TACACS+ (Debian tacplus package), I'm stylin'! Thanks for the tip! - Bob