Hi Casey,

I solved that same problem using SMF. Let me know if this works for you:

http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/mouting_windows_shares_at_startup

Regards,
Brian

Casey wrote:
> I am a bit of a noob to linux/unix, but I am trying to set opensolaris server 
> to mount a windows share automatically at boot in such a way that access to 
> the share is always there when needed. I will be attempting to set up rsynch 
> on the solaris server for mirroring to a zfs file system.
>
> what works:
> I've set up cifs and I run the commands for mount testing purposes: 
> mount -F smbfs //Casey at casey1-vista64/testshare /mnt
> then I get a password prompt (I think that is something I configured when I 
> set this all up) and I then enter the password to access the share. The 
> mountpoint, /mnt, shows up and I can access the contents as a superuser just 
> fine.
>
> what is not working:
> I went right to attempting to set up automounting by setting auto_master file 
> with this statement: /- auto_direct
> I then set these statements into auto_direct: 
> /TEST -fstype=smbfs //Casey:password at casey1-vista64/testshare
>
> in this case:
> /TEST is the mountpoint
> Casey is the UN
> password is the PW
> casey1-vista64 is the sharing computer
> testshare is the share name on casey1-vista64
>
> pam.conf has these added entries that I pulled from the web:
> other password required pam_smb_passwd.so.1 nowarn
> login auth optional pam_smbfs_login.so.1
>
> what I want to do:
> set this up to where when rsync needs to mirror, the data is always 
> accessible via a mount.. (correct me if I am mistaken on how this works). I 
> am doing this so as to get around setting up cygwin etc. and letting the 
> server do processing/work for me. but first thing is first, [i]getting the 
> mounting to work properly[/i]...
>
> It seems that the account credentials in "/TEST -fstype=smbfs 
> //Casey:password at casey1-vista64/testshare" are not being authenticated or 
> something bc when I attempt to dir the /TEST as a superuser (which in fact 
> does mount) after a reboot I get this error: "dir: cannot open directory 
> /TEST: permission denied"
>
> what am I missing and how do I solve this...please be specific as again, I a 
> noob. :)
>
>
> thanks!
>   

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