How can I mount a Samba share using /etc/fstab while at the same time hide the user password?

There are several ways to mount a Samba share using /etc/fstab. One is to use the username and password options:

//server/share     /mount/point      smbfs   username=myacount,password=mypassword 0 0

This procedure renders the username and password visible to all users since /etc/fstab is readable by everyone (f...