Is there a way to do this? Most examples store the credentials in an external file to fstab e.g. -
fstab:
\\server\share /media/windowsmount cifs credentials=/root/secret.txt,_netdev,uid=root,gid=dba 0 0
secret.txt:
username=sushi
password=yummy
The only way I can think of is maybe when Linux is joined to a Windows domain via winbind. It could use the machines Active Directory computer account credentials to authenticate to the Windows share but I don't know how or if this could be implemented for fstab or some other mechanism of mounting during boot.
I see something similar being done on ubuntu when user's ssh in with active directory credentials and PAM mount uses the user's credentials to mount a Windows Share. This is for user login, I'm looking to do the same kind of thing at boot on Redhat.
How to authenticate Linux accounts against an Active Directory and mount a Windows share on login?
