sudo mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/share -o credentials=/etc/samba/credentials
Mount a share using a credentials file
Instead of a password on the command line, this reads username, password, and domain lines from /etc/samba/credentials, which keeps secrets out of shell history and process listings. Protect that file with root-only permissions. The credentials option is the recommended form for fstab entries.
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