Description of problem: The -A (--authentication-file) command line argument does not get used by smbclient. This makes it difficult to use scripts which need to login to access samba resources. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [todd@hobbes ~]$ smbclient --version Version 3.2.0pre3-9.fc9 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a file with authentication information for a server echo "username = todd" > auth echo "password = secret" >> auth echo "domain = MARTIN" >> auth 2. Try to get a listing from the server named perl using that authentication information smbclient -A auth -L perl Actual results: [todd@hobbes ~]$ smbclient -A auth -L perl Enter todd's password: smbclient is asking me to enter the password instead of using the password that is in the auth file. Expected results: In Fedora 8, smbclient would use the authentication information from the file like this: [todd@perl]$ smbclient -A auth -L perl Domain=[PERL] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28a-0.fc8] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- media Disk Media Files IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server) laser Printer laser todd Disk Home Directories Domain=[PERL] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28a-0.fc8] Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- MARTIN PERL Additional info: The samba server is running Fedora 8.
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