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Arch Linux Install Network Shares

Warning

These instructions are incomplete and are here for reference.

The easiest way to handle mounting network shares at login is by using "pam_mount".

  1. Install "pam_mount" 
    # pacman -Sy pam_mount
  2. Make a backup copy of "/etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml" and edit the original to resemble: 
    # nano /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE pam_mount SYSTEM "pam_mount.conf.xml.dtd">
<!--
   See pam_mount.conf(5) for a description.
 -->

<pam_mount>
   <!-- debug should come before everything else,
   since this file is still processed in a single pass
   from top-to-bottom -->

   <debug enable="0" />

   <!-- Volume definitions -->
   <volume
       fstype="cifs"
       server="JOHN"
       path="dev"
       mountpoint="~/Development/WorkingDirectory"
       options="sec=krb5,cruid=%(USER),noforceuid,noforcegid,rw"
   />
   <volume
       fstype="cifs"
       server="DATA"
       path="files/Groups/R&amp;D"
       mountpoint="~/NetworkStore/R&amp;D"
       options="sec=krb5,cruid=%(USER),noforcegid,noforceuid,rw"
   />
   <volume
       fstype="cifs"
       server="DATA"
       path="files/Users/%(DOMAIN_USER)"
       mountpoint="~/NetworkStore/My_Files"
       options="sec=krb5,cruid=%(USER),noforcegid,noforceuid,rw"
   />
   <!-- pam_mount parameters: General tunables -->

   <!--
   <luserconf name=".pam_mount.conf.xml" />
   -->

   <!-- Note that commenting out mntoptions will give you the defaults.
    You will need to explicitly initialize it with the empty string
    to reset the defaults to nothing. -->
   <mntoptions allow="nosuid,nodev,loop,encryption,fsck,nonempty,allow_root,allow_other,sec,cruid,uid,gid,rw" />
   <!--
   <mntoptions deny="suid,dev" />
   <mntoptions allow="*" />
   <mntoptions deny="*" />
   -->
   <mntoptions require="nosuid,nodev" />

   <!-- requires ofl from hxtools to be present -->
   <logout wait="0" hup="no" term="no" kill="no" />

   <!-- pam_mount parameters: Volume-related -->
   <lclmount>mount -t%(FSTYPE) %(VOLUME) %(MNTPT) "%(if %(OPTIONS),-o%(OPTIONS))"</lclmount>
   <mkmountpoint enable="1" remove="true" />
</pam_mount>
  3. Modify /etc/pam.d/system-local-login: 
    # nano /etc/pam.d/system-local-login

    #%PAM-1.0

auth      include   system-login
auth      sufficient pam_mount.so
account   include   system-login
password  include   system-login
password  sufficient pam_mount.so
session   include   system-login
session     optional    pam_mount.so