[Lias] Script help needed

John Simovic jsimovic at rydesc-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Fri Nov 7 08:07:01 UTC 2003


David, have you got pam_smbmount working? I have tried for ages and finally gave up. I know it works on FreeBSD but not sure under linux.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:57:17 +1030
David Lloyd <lloy0076 at adam.com.au> wrote:

> 
> Simon,
> 
> > 1. It has to be run from the command line
> > 2. The username and password are typed n clear text on the screen
> > 
> > Is it possible to modify this so that it can be run by double-clicking
> > in the GUI and have it ask for Username and Password (and hide the
> > password as it is typed?)
> 
> Have you investigated using pam_mount?
> 
>  http://www.flyn.org/
> 
> Also, smbmount and smbumount can be installed in a way that doesn't
> require the use of sudo or root. I wonder why you're not using that?
> 
> 
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