mksmbcred Command

Purpose

Adds the SMB client file system credentials to the /etc/smbcred file to allow future mount operation of SMB client shares with stored credentials.

Syntax

mksmbcred -s server_name -u user_name [-p password]

Description

When you run the mksmbcred command, you must specify a server name and a username. If you do not specify a password as an argument with the -p flag, the mksmbcred command prompts for a password as a hidden character input. The password is encrypted, and the credentials are stored in the /etc/smbcred file as a server_name|username|password set. You can create multiple sets of credentials for the same server with different usernames. You can also create multiple sets with the same username on different servers.

Flags

-s server_name

Specifies the name of the remote host, which is a SMB server. The server_name parameter can be provided as a hostname, an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name.

-u user_name

Specifies the username whose credentials are defined for access to the specific remote host.

-p password

Specifies the password for a particular user on a particular remote host.

Exit status

0

The command completed successfully.

>0

An error occurred.

Examples

• To add credentials for user1 to mount the SMB client file system on the xxx.in.ibm.com server, enter the following command:

  mksmbcred -s xxx.in.ibm.com -u user1

Location

/usr/sbin/mksmbcred

Files

/etc/smbcred

Stores the SMB client file system credentials.