\_ SMTP quoth Austin Godber on 6/5/2003 10:18 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ http://www.flyn.org/projects/pam_mount/ \_ \_ check that out. I havn't used it, but it looks like what you need ... \_ well at least for your B. Yes, fstab can be used for the boot. You end \_ up with your samba password in the fstab though. Here's a link off to something providing lots of hints as to the use of the 'credentials' keyword. http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesystems/Mounting_smbfs_Shares_Permanently.html David