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Pam_smbmount is software that mounts file systems for user sessions. It consists of a pluggable authentication module, daemon psmd and a psmount utility. Pam_smbmount is intended for servers with simultaneously working users. Currently it supports following file systems:

• smbfs
• any file systems that does not require user password for mounting (ext3, ntfs, nfs ...)

With pam_smbmount you can:

• mount volumes when user starts session
• unmount volumes when user exits from system
• configure users that are allowed to mount particular volume(s) in configuration file
• exclude any part of user name when mounting volumes
• use special variables in configuration file in volume arguments

Advantages of pam_smbmount:

• Uses utmp database to decide whether user has logged off
• Hold database of mounted volumes per user. This feature permits usage of pam_smbmount on multi-user servers
• Mounts any amount of volumes without essential delay of authentication process
• Tries to remount volume if first attempt failed. You can set amount of tries in configuration file
• Doesn't stop unmounting volume if first attempt failed

Last updated: March 2007

latest news:

04.04.2006: new release availible for download

22.06.2006: release 0.2.1 availible for download

24.08.2006: working towards new release

23.11.2006: New release 0.3.0 availible for download

09.03.2007: Release 0.3.1 availible for download