Encrypted password in CIFS credentials file

Issue

• Can an encrypted password in credential file be used with cifs mounts?

• For example in the following example "password" is not encrypted:

  # cat /root/.pass
  username=domain\user
  password=password
  
  # cat /root/.pass2
  username=user2
  password=password
  domain=domain
  
  # mount -t cifs -o credentials=/root/.pass //<smb-server>/<path> /<mount-point>/