How do I make network mappings (mounts?) permanent

olks,

I am really new to linux and trying to come to terms with the
administration, initially through the GUI.

I have managed to set up my small network (Win2k, XTpro, Mandrake 10.1) so
that I can map (or is it mount in linux?) the drives on the Win2k and
XTpro to the Mandrake box. I do this through LinNeighbourhood. My only
problem is that I need to go through the same procedure each time I boot
my machine. Is there any way of making the mappings permanent?

Bob

Bob Macpherson wrote:

> olks,
>
> I am really new to linux and trying to come to terms with the
> administration, initially through the GUI.
>
> I have managed to set up my small network (Win2k, XTpro, Mandrake 10.1) so
> that I can map (or is it mount in linux?) the drives on the Win2k and
> XTpro to the Mandrake box. I do this through LinNeighbourhood. My only
> problem is that I need to go through the same procedure each time I boot
> my machine. Is there any way of making the mappings permanent?
>
> Bob
Hello Bob,

you have to populate /etc/fstab to make mounting automatic/easier.

//hostname/share /your/mount/point/ smbfs username=,password=,rw,noauto 0 0

Well, it is not really safe to store password here, but you can also add a
so called "credentials" file. Ask google for this.

With kind regards, Alex