An alternative is to add noauto and key in Windows password only when you manually mount the Windows share. //myWinXp/shareName /mnt/myWinXp smbfs noauto,uid=userName 0 0 (I haven't tried credentials file.) -- Daniel. ________________________________________________________________________ > From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: How do I mount a windows partition from another computer on the network? > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:13:37 +0200 > > Am Fr, den 13.08.2004 schrieb Peter Smith um 0:05: > > > > //192.168.1.101://CARL/C$ /mnt/network/192.168.1.101/C smbfs > > > uid=0,gid=500,umask=002,user 0 0 > > > You do need to specify a Windows user name and password - even if the pw > > is null. Here is an entry from my /etc/fstab: > > > > //library/d$ /clients/library_D smbfs > > username=administrator,password=xxxxxx,uid=0,gid=0 > > > Peter > > And then each user on the Linux host has full access to the Windows[tm] > box. If that is a good decision? > > The hint with the credentials file was already given. > > Alexander
