mount -t smbfs -o username=adamo,password=\Void,rw,uid=a2i4494,gid=users //atomcp08/pdbs /home/a2i4494/pdbs
//NETBIOS_NAME/SHARE_NAME       MNT/POINT       smbfs   OPTIONS 0 0

//atomcp08/pdbs /home/a2i4494/pdbs  smbfs username=adomo,password=\$Void0,rw,uid=a2i4494,gid=users,auto,user 0 0

//gambit/music  /mnt/gambit/music       smbfs   defaults,user,bg,noauto 0 0

> How can I get put this in my /etc/fstab so that it doesn't prompt me
> for a password upon bootup.  This winshare is accessible without a
> password and by anyone.  I have read through seveal forums and read
> man pages gallore, but I still remain unsuccessful.

> 5.3-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1 #0

 From the man page for mount_smbfs(8):

[quote]

~/.nsmbrc  Keeps static parameters for connections and other information.
            See /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc for details.
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...

  It is possible to use fstab(5) for


  ++-


           //guest@samba/public    /smb/public     smbfs  rw,noauto 0   0

[/quote]

 From /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc:

[quote]

# smbfs lookups configuration files in next order:
#       1. ~/.nsmbrc
#       2. /etc/nsmb.conf - if this file found it will
#          override values with same keys from user files.

[/quote]

You will have to store your password in cleartext, but you seem to
already be doing this in home directory since you are using the -N flag.


//atomcp08/pdbs /home/a2i4494/pdbs  smbfs credentials=/etc/cedit.1,rw,uid=a2i4494,gid=users 0 0