Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:53:26 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Problem regarding Samaba-automonts.] Message-ID: <443FC576.8010105@dial.pipex.com>
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[Reply from Jostein forwarded with permission]. On 4/14/06, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Jostein Kj=F8nigsen wrote: > > >Hi! > > > >I got a question regarding samba automounting in FreeBSD. I'm running > >FreeBSD 6.0 and have Samba3 installed. > > > >Manual mounting works fine, but I do need to enter a password. This is= > >regardless if its a specific mount or mounting a /etc/fstab entry. > > > >As far as I've understood things, to get automounting working properly= > >(w/o the password request) I need to enter a few entris in > >/etc/nsmb.conf. And so I've done. > > > >If I use lowercase letters for the[COMPUTERNAME] and > >[COMPUTERNAME:USERNAME] section, it just gets ignored. > > > >If I use all uppercase, I get "syserror: connection reset by peer". > > > >I've tried a few combinations of various /etc/fstab capitalization and= > >/etc/nsmb.conf capitalizations, but to no avail. Either i get > >"connection reset by peer", or I get a request for the password. > > > > > Here's a working nsmb.conf, with names etc. suitably obfuscated. You > need to use upper case, because windows seems to need it. Make sure > that Windows actually exports your share - I can't help with that as I > know next to nothing about it - the Windows techie does it :-) > > In this example, the addr=3D makes the connection actually happen to an= > alternative name for the server, which happens to be on a Gbit, rather > than Mbit LAN. I don't believe it's required, but you could use the > proper DNS name for the windows server here - it might help. I think > you probably need that name to appear in /etc/hosts just in case DNS is= > unavailable when the machine reboots, if you do want to auto-mount. > > [SERVER01] > addr=3Dserver01-alt > [SERVER01:USER.NAME] > password=3Dthepassword > [SERVER01:OTHERUSER.NAME] > password=3Dtheotherpassword > [SERVER02] > addr=3Dserver02-alt > [SERVER02:OTHERUSER.NAME] > password=3Dtheotherpassword > > And fstab has e.g. > > //user.name@server01/thesharename /mount-point smbfs rw 0 0 > > //otheruser.name/othershare /other-mount-point smbfs rw 0 0 > > and mount /mount-point or mount /other-mount-point works without > password prompting. > > > hth, > > --Alex > Hey Alex! Seems like using lowercase names in /etc/fstab and capitalized names in /etc/nsmb.conf worked fine as long as I ommitted the machineaccount with the add=3D section. Thanks for the help. I really appreciate the work you guys do and the support for FreeBSD have always impressed me more than the actual OS itself. Happy easter! -- Jostein @ gmail.com When the going gets tough, the tough gets duct-tape.
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