[kde-linux] Connecting to a samba share at startup

[John Andersen]

On Monday 30 July 2007, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 30 Jul 2007, Boyan Tabakov wrote:
> > On Monday 30 July 2007 14:22:50 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Monday 30 Jul 2007, Werner Joss wrote:
> > > > > How can I ensure that I connect to my home directory on a server,
> > > > > when I log
> > > > > in to a session?
> > > >
> > > > Anne,
> > > > you could create a shellscript in your ~/.kde/env directory, e.g.
> > > > smbmount.sh,
> > > > which mounts the samba share via smbmount command.
> > > > scripts in ~/.kde/env are executed automatically at login.
> > >
> > > Yes, of course.  I should have remembered that.   Could you give me an
> > > example of the syntax for passing username and password?  I've little
> > > experience of shellscripts, and none for this kind of job.  Thanks
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Better use mount (it will call smbmount):
> >
> > mount -t smbfs -o username=myname password=mypass //service/path
> > /mount/point
> >
> > If you would like to mount the samba share on boot, you could add a fstab
> > entry for it too:
> >
> > //service/path	/mount/point	smbfs	username=myname,password=mypass	0 0
>
> Just doing this, but need clarification.  What exactly do you mean
> by //service/path?
>
> Anne

It means //machine-name/share-name   The designation of a share visible on
the network in windows workgroup notation.

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John Andersen
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