Pam_smbmount is software that mounts file systems for user sessions. The project 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 ...)
Here are some key features of "Pam smbmount":
· 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
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