[ILUG] Samba--smbclient will, smbmount won't

[Jeremy Smyth]

> "Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin)" <breatpro at exchange.ie.ml.com> writes:
> 
> > Syntax is 
> > 
> > mount //server/share /mnt/mountpoint -t smbfs -o
> > username=xxxxx,password=yyyyy
> > 

One nasty thing with smbmount is that the username needs to be quoted, at least
in my situation. For obvious reasons I don't like specifying the password in
plain view, so if you omit the password option, it prompts you.

smbmount //server/share /mnt/mountpoint -o username="jeremy"

/jer