Basic Questiopn: I can mount a share using this command: smbmount //server/share /mount point How do I go about mounting it automatically? I can't seem to get the line in fstab right...Thanks.

Try looking in the smbmount man page... I am 90% sure that it will tell you how to do it. Let me know if this helps...

Try adding the command in your /etc/rd.d/rc.local. Something like: /bin/mount -t smbfs //server/share The command will be executed everytime linux boots so I think this might work. I haven't tried it though. Good luck |: ) - Bart

Don't forget to supply the mountpoint, the username and the password. So the complete command will look like this: /bin/mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=yourpass //server/share /mountpoint

Bart, adding the mount info to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file worked perfect, thanks! Why would it NOT work in the fstab file?

You simply have to move all information to the fstab, so it has to look like this: #fs mnt-point type options dump pass //server/share /mountpoint smbfs user,noauto,username=yourname,password=yourpass 0 0 This works fine. So you can type (as user) mount /mountpoint If you ever have to connect to a W2K-Server it seems you have to add the "port=445"-option to the rest (find it out with a portscanner like nmap). For more take a look at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html