[vox-tech] Re: Forwarding SMB through SSH - RESOLVED

[Jonathan Stickel]

Troy Arnold wrote:
> BTW, this is my preferred solution:
> /etc/fstab:
> \\dubhe\pub  /pub  smbfs  credentials=/etc/samba/smb.dubhe.pub,uid=troy,gid=troy
> 
> where /etc/samba/smb.dubhe.pub looks like:
> user=smbusername
> password=seKret
> 
> This has the added advantage that the credential file does not have to
> be readable by anyone other than root.
> 

OK, I like this and it works for me.  But can someone explain why umask, 
dmask, and fmask options don't work with smbfs?

Thanks,
Jonathan