GUI samba mount client

I'm using XFCE4 on XUbuntu feisty on a laptop. A large number of my files
live on an SMB server, and I want to mount the SMB server on boot. But
sometimes I'm not at home and I can't reach the server.

I want a GUI tool I can run on boot that will prompt me for the share's
password, then mount the share locally. If I'm on another network I want to
click Cancel and not try to mount it.

Is there any tool that will do this? I've found piles of Network
Neighbo(u)rhood clones, but I don't want to browse the network. I know
exactly where my share is, and I don't want to have to navigate to it in
some little dialogue box to mount it every time I boot.

I have the share in /etc/fstab and I've tried using the xfce4-mount plugin,
but when I click on the share to mount nothing happens. I suspect it has no
facility for asking me for my Samba password; I don't want that password
saved anywhere on the laptop.

It seems like such a simple task that I'm failing to find anything - any
suggestions? Am happy to use GNOME-based tools since I have most of that
installed anyway.

Cheers,
Theo
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