Add the following lines to your /etc/fstab... //london.mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk/Homes$ /mnt/London/Homes smbfs credentials=/etc/smb.cred,uid=2052,gid=10101 //london/Group\040Data /mnt/London/GroupData/ smbfs credentials=/etc/smb.cred,uid=2052,gid=10101 and configure the mount with using the smb.cred... username=dmb password=xxxxxx