Topic: cifs

• Mounting SMB/CIFS shares from Linux with a credentials file instead of embedding a password

  mount -t cifs accepts a username and password directly in the mount options, which then appears in process listings and /etc/fstab in plain sight; a credentials file readable only by root removes both exposures. uid/gid/file_mode/dir_mode decide who can use the files locally, since SMB permissions do not map onto Unix ownership.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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