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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