Following up on the suggestion, I got autofs working for my samba shares. Unfourtanately, the documentation was a bit dated. Anyway, here's a quick rundown of what it actually took: # Sample /etc/auto.master file # Format of this file: # mountpoint map options # For details of the format look at autofs(8). #/var/autofs/misc /etc/auto.misc /mnt/NTDomain /etc/auto.ltiflex # auto.ltiflex # This is an automounter map and it has the following format # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage username -fstype=smbfs,username=username,password=null,netbiosname=wsname,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=600,workgroup=NTDOMAIN ://NTserver01/username$ archives -fstype=smbfs,username=username,password=null,netbiosname=wsname,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=644,workgroup=NTDOMAIN ://NTServer02/archives$ install -fstype=smbfs,username=username,password=null,netbiosname=wsname,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=644,workgroup=NTDOMAIN ://server02/install$ common -fstype=smbfs,username=username,password=null,netbiosname=wsname,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=644,workgroup=NTDOMAIN ://server01/common apps -fstype=smbfs,username=username,password=null,netbiosname=wsname,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=644,workgroup=NTDOMAIN ://server01/apps The good: I don't have to keep remounting my NT home share. The bad: The automounter doesn't recongize the $, so I had to add a share names to the NT servers that didn't have dollar signs. NT Password is outputted in plain text to /var/log/debug, /var/log/auth.log, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/daemon.log every time a share is mounted. NT Password is kept in plain text in /etc/auto.NTDOMAIN. Suggestion on how to stop that behavior are welcome. :) -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055