Re: Samba fstab

From: Adam T. Gautier (adam_gautier_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/24/04

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    I tried running "sudo chmod -s /usr/bin/smbmount /usr/bin/smbumount"

    now mount reports:

    libsmb based programs must *NOT* be setuid root.
    4067: Connection to TK-MARKETING failed
    SMB connection failed

    So, again how would I set the /etc/fstab so that a user can mount the
    SMB share?

    Adam T. Gautier wrote:

    > I am trying to add a line /etc/fstab that is a Samba mount of a
    > windows share.
    >
    > /etc/fstab
    > ...
    > //192.168.2.101/movies /mnt/movies smbfs
    > noauto,user,username=guest,password=password 0 0
    > ...
    > (All on one line, can't help the line wrap in email)
    >
    > sudo mount /mnt/movies works fine but when I right click in the Gnome
    > desktop or try to do the mount as a regular user I get:
    >
    > smbmnt must be installed suid root for direct user mounts (500,500)
    > smbmnt failed: 1
    >
    > How do I fix this so I can do smb mounts as a user? Would't setuid be
    > a big security hole? I can mount a cdrom as a user no problem, does
    > this us setuid?
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > 

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